April
by Sun Kil Moon

April by Sun Kil Moon
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-04-01
Overall rank: 3,614th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 138 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (50th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (615th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,614th)

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Sun Kil Moon bestography

April is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by Mark Kozelek on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mark Kozelek is Benji which is ranked number 392 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,241.

Sun Kil Moon album bestography « Higher ranked (756th)
Ghosts Of The Great Highway
This album (3,614th)
April
Lower ranked (5,733rd) »
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(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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April rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,614th | 2000s rank: 615th | 2008 rank: 50th

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April ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 138 votes)
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12/29/2025 17:38 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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12/12/2025 15:23 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,97469/100
 
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07/25/2025 14:39 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,31472/100
 
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01/11/2025 15:48 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,74482/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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From 02/16/2013 09:01 | #65226
I revise my rating... For those of you having a hard time getting into this, this album was written when Kozelek's long time girlfriend, Katy, had died of cancer at age 35. Heron Blue is about her slow decline in health. A lot of the songs are joyful remembrances of her. Now try to get through this damn thing with a dry eye knowing that.
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From 04/27/2012 08:36 | #41022
At first I didn't really enjoy this one. I wanted to get into Sun Kil Moon after I discovered Red House Painters and loved their music so much. Then suddenly this music grew on me and I slowly started to enjoy it more and more.
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From 04/26/2010 00:30 | #11009
Heron blue is a really good song, the rest of the album is okay some border lining good
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