Sundial
by Noname

Sundial by Noname
Year: 2023
Release date: 2023-08-11
Overall rank: 5,463rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 59 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2023 (65th)
Award Top albums of of the 2020s (398th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,463rd)

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Noname bestography

Sundial is ranked 3rd best out of 3 albums by Noname on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Noname is Room 25 which is ranked number 2153 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 772.

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Overall rank: 5,463rd | 2020s rank: 398th | 2023 rank: 65th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 59 votes)
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07/14/2026 21:40 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,46370/100
 
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50/100
After the wonderful Room 25, Sundial leaves me feeling flat.

The hooks come and go and the music doesn’t go very many exciting places even with much of it being solid and rooted in styles that dazzle me with very little effort. Lyrically, Noname no doubt spits impressively all over the album, but I’m not swayed much by her attempts at profundity this time around.

But I’ll at least give her credit, 1 of her 3 Kendrick disses was worth being on this record. *rolls eyes*

A number of the features feel random and disconnected from the entire project and Noname’s contributions to it. And uh. That Jay Electronica verse. Yeah..

There are a couple tracks here Noname knocks out of the park, there are a couple that might as well be wallpaper. Overall, I’m left feeling sour over Noname’s clear disregard of her complete artistic dictation as well I her wishy-washy morality that will forever cast a towering shadow over this album.

She could have been one of the greats too. (Edited)
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Rating:  
70/100
Doesn’t reinvent the wheel but enjoyed this one a surprising amount despite the low level of hype I feel surrounded it. (Edited)
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75/100
From 01/06/2024 22:40 | #300954
Album Rating: 74.64
(821/11)

11.08.2023

Noname (USA): Sundial

1.Black Mirror. 84
2.Hold Me Down (Feat. Jimetta & Voices Of Creation). 71
3.Balloons
(Feat. Jay Electronica & Eryn Allen Kane). 83
4.Boomboom (Feat. Ayoni). 68
5.Potentially The Interlude. 75
6.Namesake. 80
7.Beauty Supply. 69
8.Toxic. 65
9.Afro Futurism. 60
10.Gospel?
(Feat. $ilkMoney, Billy Woods & Stout). 83
11.Oblivion (Feat. Common & Ayoni). 83 (Edited)
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