Afraid Of Sunlight
by Marillion

Afraid Of Sunlight by Marillion
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 9,612th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 61 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (166th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,554th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,612th)

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Marillion bestography

Afraid Of Sunlight is ranked 10th best out of 41 albums by Marillion on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Marillion is Misplaced Childhood which is ranked number 616 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,761.

Marillion album bestography « Higher ranked (8,092nd)
Fuck Everyone And Run (F E A R)
This album (9,612th)
Afraid Of Sunlight
Lower ranked (9,780th) »
An Hour Before It's Dark

(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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Afraid Of Sunlight rankings

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Overall rank: 9,612th | 1990s rank: 1,554th | 1995 rank: 166th

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75/100 (from 61 votes)
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03/10/2026 01:24 iann97  Ratings distribution  1,98674/100
 
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12/20/2025 12:59 doombringer  Ratings distribution  2,24175/100
 
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12/05/2025 15:52 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47180/100
 
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04/07/2025 19:04 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,23436/100
 
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03/24/2025 07:09 stevengnz  Ratings distribution  2,60673/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 12/20/2025 12:52 | #312218
Better title would have been : ``Afraid to fall asleep `` (while listening to this).
Some glimpses of Rothery`s beautiful guiter-playing save this record from being a snooze-fest.
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