Standing At The Sky's Edge
by Richard Hawley
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Richard Hawley bestography
Standing At The Sky's Edge is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Richard Hawley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Richard Hawley is Coles Corner which is ranked number 3204 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 476.
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Standing At The Sky's Edge track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Standing At The Sky's Edge rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 25 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 29 Music Albums of 2012 | 10/29 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Filter México Los mejores discos del 2012 | 20/29 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2012 | 53/92 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q Magazine The 50 Best Albums Of 2012 | 23/49 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2012 | 14/50 | 4 |
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 62 Music Albums of 2012 | 38/62 | 2 |
| 2025 | Tuur | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s | 25/50 | 10 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2024 | Tuur | Top 5 Music Albums of 2012 | 3/5 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 60 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 227 | |||
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Standing At The Sky's Edge ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 10:41 | Leginlists | 3,847 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 05:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,612 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:29 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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A brilliant album from Richard Hawley. Standing at the sky's edge, was a pleasant surprise upon release. It sees Hawley embracing a psychedelic sound, full of drony guitar rock. It was totally unexpected and is a brilliant record showing us how capable Hawley is making superb leftfield turns. Standouts include, she brings the sunlight, down in the woods, and, don't stare at the sun. Great record.
Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/19/2012 17:57 | #50773 | TOP COMMENT
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There's great vocals to cheer about here if that's what you want. Lots of genre variety and it is all performed with excellence. The album is a throwback to the 70s and probably won't appeal to hipsters. If you appreciate good guitar playing and great vocals you can't help but enjoy this listen. I give the album 4 stars.
zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/23/2013 17:54 | #88978 | TOP COMMENT
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This is 60s-inspired psychadelic rock with a bit of Eastern flair mixed in. It feels like the sort of record Kula Shaker might have made if Crispian Mills had dialed back the mysticism a bit and focused on writing hooks.
Richard turn up the volume of the guitar amps. Loud and psycadelic as a 70's Neil Young album.
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