No. 1 In Heaven
by Sparks
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Sparks bestography
No. 1 In Heaven is ranked 3rd best out of 39 albums by Sparks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sparks is Kimono My House which is ranked number 1076 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,637.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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No. 1 In Heaven track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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No. 1 In Heaven rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 47 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/47 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 40/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Stevo796 | Top 24 Music Albums of 1979 | 7/24 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best Of The 70s Pt.3 (201-300) | 88/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | AllSparks | 20/34 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 91 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 495 | |||
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No. 1 In Heaven ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/01/2026 13:44 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,395 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2026 03:49 | stangetzaway | 2,339 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 09:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,317 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/28/2020 05:26 | #256335 | TOP COMMENT
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No. 1 in Heaven, Sparks's transition into synthesizer based music, is quite the graceful shift in style. Glam rock isn't quite that much different than synthpop, which is lucky for them. Though the songwriting suffers a bit, the almost title track (The Number One Song in Heaven) makes up for it. Nothing glaringly bad. (Edited)
Jboy56 11/12/2023 10:27 | #299933 | TOP COMMENT
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OK, but has lost its punch and originality. NIce synths though. (Edited)
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