Sparkle In The Rain
by Simple Minds

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Sparkle In The Rain by Simple Minds
Year: 1984
Release date: 1984-02-06
Overall rank: 2,836th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 174 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (45th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (423rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,836th)

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Simple Minds bestography

Sparkle In The Rain is ranked 3rd best out of 26 albums by Simple Minds on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Simple Minds is New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) which is ranked number 770 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,239.

Simple Minds album bestography « Higher ranked (2,585th)
Once Upon A Time This album (2,836th)
Sparkle In The Rain Lower ranked (3,067th) »
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Sparkle In The Rain rankings

Sparkle In The Rain rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,836th | 1980s rank: 423rd | 1984 rank: 45th  Overall chart history
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73/100 (from 174 votes)
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 !		08/28/2026 00:03 Melway94  Ratings distribution  11883/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.


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Sparkle In The Rain forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1982) 2. by by (1973) 4. by (1969) 5. by by by by by (1982) 11. by (1989) 12. by by (1979) 14. by (1967) 15. (1986) 16. by by by (2006) 20. by (1987) 21. by (1988) 22. by (1975) 24. (1981) 25. by by by (1980) 28. (1966) 29. by…”
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From Patman360 10/02/2024 18:29 in Now Pat's What I Call Music!
“28 Simple Minds - Waterfront Another band well known to me, they've got some tunes alright, this isn't one of my favourites and it's an unusual choice for these types of albums I feel. Still solid enough to jump into the early top 20 for the time being. Feature's on their 1984 album Sparkle In The…”
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From Johnnyo 10/29/2022 20:38 in What album are you listening to right now?
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From 04/10/2014 19:05 | #108965 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
quite a crash from the last record. the songs just don't have the sleekness of the ancestor. no ear-harassment, but an unobtrusive album.
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From 01/22/2022 08:32 | #279814 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Book of Brilliant Things, Waterfront and Up on the Catwalk are all excellent tracks but there are some more forgettable tracks on this release compared with New Gold Dream and Once Upon a Time. I still class this one a part of the 80's trilogy of Simple Minds at their most creative.
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From 12/29/2014 21:26 | #130391 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
They sound very much like The Cure on this one. Just a few words about spiders and men with knife arms and it would be a Cure album.
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From 04/08/2017 16:31 | #188902 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Possibly my favourite Simple minds album. Waterfront, is probably the highlight, but the whole album is fine. Underrated.
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From 07/15/2021 17:17 | #271639 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The highlight for me is the unexpected cover of Lou Reed's "Street Hassle."
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2. Ride The Lightning by Metallica
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