Shock Of Daylight
by The Sound

Shock Of Daylight by The Sound
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 8,270th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 26 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (124th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,198th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,270th)

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The Sound bestography

Shock Of Daylight is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by The Sound on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Sound is From The Lion's Mouth which is ranked number 1633 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,039.

The Sound album bestography « Higher ranked (1,957th)
Jeopardy
This album (8,270th)
Shock Of Daylight
Lower ranked (9,362nd) »
All Fall Down

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Shock Of Daylight track list

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Shock Of Daylight rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,270th | 1980s rank: 1,198th | 1984 rank: 124th

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76/100 (from 26 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.6.

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