Different Light
by The Bangles
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Different Light is ranked as the best album by The Bangles.
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Different Light track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Different Light 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 |  Squonk007 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1985 | 10/21 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 90 Music Albums of 1985 | 29/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 70 Music Albums of 1985 | 54/70 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 64 Music Albums of 1985 | 20/64 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 89/99 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0701-0800* | 5/79 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1986 by Acclaimed Music | 46/53 | - |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 96 Music Albums of 1985 | 53/96 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 76 Music Albums of 1985 | 57/76 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 114 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 310 | |||
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Different Light ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2026 20:06 |  Norman Bates | 10,193 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2026 00:54 | traistboar | 1,791 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 15:38 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Different Light forum mentions
jackup 02/19/2026 17:45 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Love this album it is better than most albums of 1986 it’s wasily a top 10 album of the year.
1987 was when I first heard this and I still love it deep.
One of my favourite albums in '86 and still sounds great
Jboy56 09/19/2024 11:21 | #305329 | TOP COMMENT
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Classic, sign of times. SO cool eighties stuff.. (Edited)
This was the first record I bought with my own money.
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