Static & Silence
by The Sundays
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Static & Silence is ranked 3rd best out of 3 albums by The Sundays on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Sundays is Reading, Writing And Arithmetic which is ranked number 906 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,916.
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Static & Silence track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Static & Silence rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 72 Music Albums of 1997 | 57/72 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 31 Music Albums of 1997 | 17/31 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2025 | asyty7 | Top 53 Music Albums of the 1990s | 8/53 | 17 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 62 Music Albums of 1997 | 3/62 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 172 | |||
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Static & Silence ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/22/2026 15:38 | bonnequestion | 1,716 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2026 18:26 | PapaShiz86 | 11,839 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 12:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,743 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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NoisyBeast 05/30/2021 21:33 in What album are you listening to right now?Static & Silence comments
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Beautiful and timeless. My favourite album.
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/01/2020 08:44 | #258891 | TOP COMMENT
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It was clear from moment one that the labels dream pop and jangle pop didn't apply anymore; they went straight to soft pop/adult contemporary/folk rock. I feel like they were still trying to make their old stuff but just lost their edge so much that this became the result; I don't feel like they really went for this sound a 100%. I would've loved it if they just doubled down on cheesiness and mellowness.
Oh, I never recoginized it at all. When I heard 'Here's Where The Story Ends' I was immediately thrown back into my childhood. It was a surprise blast of nostalgia. Plus the rest of the songs were stroger. I prefer the album to this one.
Good easy listening, Wheeler's voice has definitely been refined by now and is a lot more sweeter to the ears. Production value has also come up.
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2013 19:06 | #74273 | TOP COMMENT
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I agree. This album isn't nearly as strong as their others, but I definitely remember Summertime being all over the radio that year.
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