Hello Young Lovers
by Sparks
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Sparks bestography
Hello Young Lovers is ranked 11th best out of 39 albums by Sparks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sparks is Kimono My House which is ranked number 1070 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,642.
(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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Hello Young Lovers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hello Young Lovers rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1901-2000* | 67/80 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | AllSparks | 6/34 | - |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Top 82 Music Albums of the 2000s | 2/82 | 20 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Record Collector Best New Albums 2006 | 8/10 | - |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 92 Music Albums of 2006 | 6/92 | 5 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2000s, #201-300* | 48/68 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2006 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 57/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 45 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 136 | |||
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Hello Young Lovers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/22/2026 01:10 | PapaShiz86 | 11,765 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:56 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 11:17 | TonySayers61 | 25,824 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Hello Young Lovers forum mentions
Liedzeit 12/30/2024 19:32 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Romanelli 04/06/2021 20:21 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now? paladisiac 05/12/2015 19:22 in What album are you listening to right now?Hello Young Lovers comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/16/2012 15:29 | #46570 | TOP COMMENT
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Quirky, off-beat alt/rock/pop, these guys are at their best when at their weirdest. "dick around" and "here kitty", as the best examples, are fun and funny tracks.
Songs like Dick Around and Metaphor make having this album a blessing. The one thing which strikes you most about this album is that it is hard to see what is coming next. While the strings from Lil Beethoven are absent from the majority of tracks (although they still appear) there is the definate new sense of life which was on the previous album. Like they are being imagintive once again. Such a climax at the end too. The following album has it's moments too but I would advise getting this and the album before first.
drstuey 04/06/2021 09:57 | #268257 | TOP COMMENT
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Quite incredible. Nothing sounds like it. Except maybe Bohemian Rhapsody.
flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/23/2019 06:21 | #232436 | TOP COMMENT
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Dick Around and As I Sit Down To Play The Organ are two of the greatest songs ever written, and possibly the greatest of Sparks' entire career. Not a bad feat 35 years after their debut
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