April
by Sun Kil Moon
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Sun Kil Moon bestography
April is ranked 3rd best out of 29 albums by Mark Kozelek on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mark Kozelek is Benji which is ranked number 374 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,392.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
April 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 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  btener11 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 90 Music Albums of 2008 | 75/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide’s Best Albums of 2008 | 38/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 114 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 444 | |||
April collection
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April ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/09/2026 00:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,672 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2026 19:45 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,816 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:38 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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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 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
April favourites
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April forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetis
Rhyner 03/11/2025 17:26 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)April comments
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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. (Edited)
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.
RaineyWins 04/26/2010 00:30 | #11009 | TOP COMMENT
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Heron blue is a really good song, the rest of the album is okay some border lining good (Edited)
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