Enlightenment
by Van Morrison
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Van Morrison bestography
Enlightenment is ranked 16th best out of 62 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 70 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,257.
(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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Enlightenment track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Enlightenment rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1990 | 26/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vox Magazine Best Albums Of 1990 | 11/20 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 90s Pt.2 (101-200) | 47/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '90's (101 - 200) | 15/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 29 Music Albums of 1990 | 26/29 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 173 | |||
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Enlightenment ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 05:16 | Moondance | 20,827 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 23:13 | Joost1223 | 38 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2026 13:00 | cicadelic | 14,084 | 73/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Enlightenment forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5378): By sssvnnn
eclab 03/15/2014 10:25 in What album are you listening to right now?Enlightenment comments
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/28/2012 12:27 | #36022 | TOP COMMENT
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What you have to love about the later Van Morrison is the way his voice seemed to strengthen with age. He sings powerfully on Avalon of the Heart and the title track. Any nasal quality he ever indulged on albums like Wavelength is real gone here.
An extremely under-rated album. Some classic Van tracks here. Needs more love on this site.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/20/2010 19:44 | #15257 | TOP COMMENT
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"Real Real Gone" is one of Van's best songs.
well this is a bucket of underrated.
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