Different Light
by The Bangles

Different Light by The Bangles
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 4,541st   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 119 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (58th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (654th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,541st)

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The BANGLES Different Light Columbia 1985 orig inner FC 40039 NM / NM in shrink
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Different Light track list

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Different Light rankings

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Overall rank: 4,541st | 1980s rank: 654th | 1985 rank: 58th

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Different Light ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 119 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 22% 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 14.8.

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From 09/19/2024 11:21 | #305329
Classic, sign of times. SO cool eighties stuff..
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From 05/02/2023 05:57 | #296532
One of my favourite albums in '86 and still sounds great
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From 11/05/2021 19:30 | #275892
This was the first record I bought with my own money.
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From 07/03/2019 22:53 | #238885
Love this album it is better than most albums of 1986 it’s wasily a top 10 album of the year.
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From 04/30/2016 22:16 | #164908
Supposedly Prince wrote Manic Monday.
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From 01/15/2016 18:08 | #156586
1987 was when I first heard this and I still love it deep.
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