Light Years
by Kylie
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Kylie bestography
Light Years is ranked 6th best out of 29 albums by Kylie Minogue on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kylie Minogue is Fever which is ranked number 2787 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 563.
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Light Years track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Light Years 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 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 24 Oceania | 71/78 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2000 Pt 2 | 10/72 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 24 Oceania | 80/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2000 Pt 2 | 7/31 | - |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 22 Music Albums of 2000 | 9/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2000 | 44/90 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 18 Music Albums of 2000 | 17/18 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 62/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/22/2026 21:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,312 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 17:35 | libbyshuss | 99 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 12:49 |  VictorVale | 3,907 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.0/100, a mean average of 68.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.0.
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eclab 01/17/2013 12:46 | #61816
The hits are great, and the filler is not bad either.
"Light Years" marks a return to more mainstream pop after the commercial failure of her vastly superior album "Impossible Princess". There are some impressive tracks on here like lead single "Spinning Around", but mostly it sounds like Kylie and her producers played it far too safe and the record marks the beginning of a regression of what could have been a truly exciting career.
Nonetheless, "Light Years" has its moments and is filled to the brim with fun, humorous camp. It's just I can't help but feel disappointed when none of the tracks compare to ones from her 90s indie period like "Confide In Me" or "Did It Again". Ah well, it does its job.
Eastwood 12/16/2014 19:08 | #129487
Good dance-pop/europop/nu-disco album. Best 10 songs average is 86,3/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "Your disco needs you", "Kids" and "Light years" all 90/100, followed by "Spinning around" and "On a night like this" both 85/100 and next "So now goodbye", "Disco down" and "Please stay" all 80/100. All other songs average 75/100.
Pop excellence this is not. After the staggering, uncompromising "Impossible Princess", Kylie retreated artistically with "Light Years", her move back to mainstream blandness. Congratulations, it was a commercial success, but you just lost all of your artistic integrity which she would only embrace on "Body Language" again and nothing else.
Another clean pop record in the 2000's that wasn't an ear soar and had fun and was varied. Close to the same league as George Michael's Patience and Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor. Will venture into more Kylie. Good first impression.
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