The Absolute Game (studio album) by Skids

The Absolute Game by Skids
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 41,254th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 18 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (489th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (5,054th)
Award Best albums of all time (41,254th)
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SKIDS The Absolute Game New Zealand LP VG+ Plays Well 1980 Virgin V2174
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Skids – The Absolute Game CD Big Country Stuart Adamson 2001 pressing
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Skids bestography

The Absolute Game is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by Skids on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Skids is Scared To Dance which is ranked number 14053 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 81.

Skids album bestography « Higher ranked (33,381st) This album (41,254th) Lower ranked (80,423rd) »
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The Absolute Game track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Absolute Game ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 18 votes)
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09/11/2023 11:27 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 11,59385/100
 
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06/02/2023 20:16 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 18,26764/100
 
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08/01/2022 07:14 MadhattanJack  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,29465/100
 
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02/03/2021 08:38 Metchild  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 298/100

Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.7.

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From 02/03/2021 08:39
I love this album. Adamson/Jobson at their dysfunctional best. Great live tour aswell.
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