Wavelength
by Van Morrison
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Van Morrison bestography
Wavelength is ranked 19th best out of 62 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 73 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,074.
(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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Wavelength track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wavelength rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1978 | 44/98 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 18/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 22 Music Albums of 1978 | 21/22 | 0 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 43 Music Albums of 1978 | 22/43 | 3 |
| 2025 | Daredevil42 | Top 84 Music Albums of 1978 | 82/84 | 0 |
| 2025 | platus | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (58), #0001-0100* | 9/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 140 | |||
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Wavelength ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,667 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 13:11 | platus | 5,940 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 15:13 | Tamthebam | 23,334 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/29/2019 23:07 | #234171 | TOP COMMENT
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I take back my comment from years ago, this has some great tracks I forgot about (Lifetimes). At least four songs are standout Van Morrison performances including Walking in Venice and Santa Fe, former a lengthy delight, the latter a lengthy slow jam. The first cut and the title cut are more accessible.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/28/2012 12:56 | #36026 | TOP COMMENT
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There really are only two great songs on this, the opener and the title track. On the rest, Van just does not seem to be too deeply inspired. Still, this is Van Morrison.
Awful cover but a few really good songs. Not as complete as the top vm record though. The title track, the opener and natalia are favourites.
eclab 02/11/2014 12:00 | #102866 | TOP COMMENT
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Decent album, but far from Van's best of course. The last three tracks are the highlight for me
My favorite songs : Take it whereyou find it....Natalia......Venice in U.S.A.......Wavelenght....Santa FE / Beautiful obsession
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