Flash Light
by Tom Verlaine

Flash Light by Tom Verlaine
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 26,861st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 17 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (334th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (3,354th)
Award Best albums of all time (26,861st)

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Tom Verlaine bestography

Flash Light is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Tom Verlaine on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tom Verlaine is Tom Verlaine which is ranked number 20279 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 52.

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Overall rank: 26,861st | 1980s rank: 3,354th | 1987 rank: 334th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 17 votes)
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From 02/17/2018 09:43 | #208513
Innanzitutto la mia canzone preferita di Verlaine del dopo "Marquee moon" sta proprio qua ( "The scentist writes a letter" ), poi, oltre alla qualità ottima di altre canzoni, mi piace il tono rilassato dell'album, l'apparente non avere più bisogno di dimostrare di non soffrire per l'ingombrante paragone con "Marquee moon".
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From 09/26/2016 19:57 | #175851
A superlative solo album that reveals itself over time. Songs like Annie's Tellin Me and One Time At Sundown are marvelous psychedelic gems whose genius is only exposed under the right conditions.
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