High Land, Hard Rain
by Aztec Camera

High Land, Hard Rain by Aztec Camera
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 1,838th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 179 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (29th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (283rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,838th)

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,838th | 1980s rank: 283rd | 1983 rank: 29th
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2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198365/1002
2026 RomanelliTop 35 Music Albums of 19838/354
2026Rm12398Top 17 Music Albums of 19838/173
2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (66), #0001-0100*66/77 -
2026matterhornriderTop 53 Music Albums of 198318/533
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s56/1009
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Greatest Music Albums30/10070
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 601-70013/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198334/1003
2026JohnnyoTop 69 Music Albums of 198325/693
2026saltysurpriseTop 53 Music Albums of 198330/532
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198351/1003
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 198338/501
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1983 by Ultimate Record Collector5/34 -
2025mikepenTop 99 Music Albums of 198374/991
2025JohnnyoNorth of the border34/54 -
2025 eclabTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s51/10010
2025 paladisiac1980s 65rating (66), #001-100*15/57 -
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s37/10013
2025 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198340/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 191
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 916
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 179 votes)
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55/100
 
11/12/2025 23:21 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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10/13/2025 14:45 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00569/100
 
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10/12/2025 07:58 MaxStorm98  Ratings distribution  3,79889/100
 
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07/22/2025 17:05 muller72  Ratings distribution  3183/100
 
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07/13/2025 18:44 rfowler  Ratings distribution  44385/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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95/100
From 05/10/2020 20:09 | #251237
An all time classic. Remember, Roddy Frame was only 19 when this was released, only 16 when he wrote the beautiful We Should Send Letters. This is packed, start to finish with beautifully crafted, melodic classics: The Boy Wonders, Walk Out to Winter, Pillar to Post, Lost in the Tunnel. If you've never heard it, listen to it now.
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85/100
From 05/22/2019 20:40 | #236551
The only Aztec Camera I own but excellent. Quite a different sound to some of the other artists riding the wave in 1983. In parts almost sounds like Prefab Sprout but in the most quite unique. Acoustic guitar underpins a lot of the tracks which is quite refreshing and different to a lot of the music I enjoy.
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90/100
From 02/05/2016 20:30 | #158777
Tea-and-algae-stained British indie-pop from the 80s at its finest.
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100/100
From 11/21/2013 10:34 | #93882
really great album...quite amazing that Roddy Frame could write an album this mature and well crafted at such a young age. Beautiful songs with Beautiful lyrics A+
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85/100
From 12/14/2012 17:45 | #57894
This is the only Aztec Camera album I own and it's a good one. Standout tracks are Oblivious and Lost Outside The Tunnel.
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70/100
From 10/21/2012 19:34 | #53049
Oblivious.
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90/100
From 09/02/2012 19:43 | #49842
A brilliant album, one of Scotlands finest.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 05/18/2012 19:17 | #42654
What a beautiful time to be 15 and still wonderful to hear this album again. Maybe we all still underrate it. Yes, The Smtihs captured the feelings of more teenagers, but they never reached this beauty, clear like a scottish stream. "We could send letters" may contain the most beautiful words from a teenager since Francoise Sagans "Bonjour tristesse", if not since Rimbauds poetry.
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