Summer Sun
by Yo La Tengo
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Yo La Tengo bestography
Summer Sun is ranked 12th best out of 31 albums by Yo La Tengo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yo La Tengo is I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One which is ranked number 479 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,550.
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Summer Sun track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Summer Sun rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 71 Music Albums of 2003 | 34/71 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '95 to '04 | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 23 Music Albums of 2003 | 14/23 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 51 Music Albums of 2003 | 24/51 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 104 | |||
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Summer Sun ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/06/2026 03:53 | PapaShiz86 | 11,724 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 02:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 06:49 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Summer Sun forum mentions
neilgee 09/05/2025 19:45 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
NoisyBeast 08/15/2023 21:46 in What album are you listening to right now? dihansse 10/13/2021 19:19 in My discoveries per yearSummer Sun comments
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Best Tracks: Seasons Of The Shark, Take Care
ghosttomost 05/21/2014 22:43 | #112529
Easily Yo La Tengo's most underrated album, the band continues the trend of stripping back their music to the barebones on Summer Sun. Completely lacking of the band's noiserock roots, many YLT fans found this record to be unappealing. Despite this departure, repeated listens will reward YLT fans with an absolute treasure of challenging and beautiful material. Contained on this record is the band's best ballad ever, "Today is the Day", James' best song with YLT, "Tiny Birds", and the absolutely otherworldly experience that is "Let's Be Still". While not recommended as a starting point for newbie YLT fans, Summer Sun earns a strong ranking amongst YLT's already stellar catalogue.
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