Heavy Nova
by Robert Palmer

Heavy Nova by Robert Palmer
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 27,008th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 28 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (337th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,396th)
Award Best albums of all time (27,008th)

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Robert Palmer bestography

Heavy Nova is ranked 6th best out of 23 albums by Robert Palmer on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Robert Palmer is Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley which is ranked number 11515 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 102.

Robert Palmer album bestography « Higher ranked (23,052nd)
Double Fun
This album (27,008th)
Heavy Nova
Lower ranked (27,033rd) »
Pressure Drop

(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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Heavy Nova rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 27,008th | 1980s rank: 3,396th | 1988 rank: 337th

Heavy Nova collection

Heavy Nova ratings

Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 28 votes)
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85/100
 
02/02/2026 12:35 platus  Ratings distribution  5,82774/100
 
75/100
 
01/08/2026 13:55 markl73  Ratings distribution  55579/100
 
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08/11/2025 04:32 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53373/100
 
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05/04/2025 13:07 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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01/24/2025 22:39 Retsamr  Ratings distribution  3281/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.8/100, a mean average of 64.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.8.

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