Spectral Mornings
by Steve Hackett
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Steve Hackett bestography
Spectral Mornings is ranked 2nd best out of 43 albums by Steve Hackett on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Hackett is Voyage Of The Acolyte which is ranked number 3938 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 375.
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Spectral Mornings track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/25/2026 22:53 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 20:09 |  RockyRaccoon | 7,133 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 10:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,111 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:31 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2025 03:56 | Skerns | 5,154 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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This is my favorite Steve Hackett album. I think it has a lot of variety. I really love the title track, as well as the epic parts like tigermoth and clocks
Having been lucky enough to see Steve Hackett live several times, the highlight tracks on this album and in live shows are Every Day, Spectral Mornings and Clocks. Love the bass pedals!
A mix between great Steve Hackett and soon-to-be 80s pop Steve Hackett. Hackett's first album "Voyage of the Acolyte" set a tone, and continued with this tone for the album's duration. This album has an overall sound, and then a couple of track that break this sound. The first track "Every Day" has good moments, but also has a cheesy synthesizer in it, making it sound like a prog song mixed with 80s pop. The rest of the album keeps a serious, medeivel feel....except for Ballad of the Decomposing Man, which is so out of place it's ridiculous. It's not a bad song, but it has no place on this album. Overall, this is a very nice and beautiful listen, but the out of place tunes really stand out.
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