Sitting Targets
by Peter Hammill
Peter Hammill bestography
Sitting Targets is ranked 14th best out of 45 albums by Peter Hammill on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Hammill is The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage which is ranked number 3264 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 467.
(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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Sitting Targets track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sitting Targets rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1981 | 6/82 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 24 Music Albums of 1981 | 13/24 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1981 | 12/85 | 4 |
| 2021 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2020 |  Lachapelle | Top 4 Music Albums of 1981 | 2/4 | 4 |
| 2018 | Lachapelle | PH / VDGG Collection | 10/11 | - |
| 2017 |  Kaiser | Top 30 Music Albums of 1981 | 20/30 | 2 |
| 2014 | FieryGunHand | Top 12 Music Albums of 1981 | 9/12 | 2 |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 43/50 | 1 |
| 2013 | FieryGunHand | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 1981 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1981 | 69/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 26 | |||
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Sitting Targets ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/05/2025 09:16 | platus | 5,852 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2025 17:07 | TonySayers61 | 24,845 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2023 19:45 | LosWochos | 47,259 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2023 14:07 |  AlexSVK | 1,089 | 62/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2021 01:00 | Steppenwolf666 | 9,940 | 89/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Robert Anton Wilson 08/20/2012 18:47 | #48912
Slightly easier album to listen to than typical PH offerings. More song based and more standard song length and construction. Less prog but still PH. Hard to hate but has hardly no "flaming" moments.
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