Sunburn
by Blake Babies

Sunburn by Blake Babies
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 23,096th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 16 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (293rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (3,559th)
Award Best albums of all time (23,096th)

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Blake Babies bestography

Sunburn is ranked as the best album by Blake Babies.

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Overall rank: 23,096th | 1990s rank: 3,559th | 1990 rank: 293rd
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2026 RomanelliTop 89 Music Albums of 199022/894
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 601-7005/100 -
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199088/1001
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 199041/1003
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 199081/1001
2025cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 199060/67 -
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 199047/100 -
2024 buzzdainerTop 42 Music Albums of 199015/423
2023 TheDude85Top 100 Music Albums of 199072/1001
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 199041/1003
2023TonyF12345Top 29 Music Albums of 199010/293
2022MOgnjenovicTop 20 Music Albums of 199013/202
2020 NoisyBeastTop Albums of 1990... #201-30014/100 -
2019HighhopesTop 26 Music Albums of 199024/261
2019LacobraTop 10 Music Albums of 19905/103
2019 SingingPeasant96Kissing Just For Practice : Indie Pop (Twee & Jangle)65/99 -
2015 philbutrinTop 90 Music Albums of 19907/905
2015ewhittenburgTop 35 Music Albums of 199010/354
2015 philbutrinTop 100 Greatest Music Albums92/100 -
2014 philbutrinTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s54/1009
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 21
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 43
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 16 votes)
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95/100
 
11/30/2025 04:19 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
75/100
 
07/13/2025 14:08 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,06173/100
 
75/100
 
06/17/2025 03:19 TodFitz  Ratings distribution  27,37963/100
 
40/100
 
05/14/2023 20:26 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,38649/100
 
95/100
 
09/24/2022 02:47 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,51465/100

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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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From 09/01/2014 16:39 | #120970
this is a noisy, jangly, energetic slice of alt/college rock that got a decent amount of attention back in 1990. it had the interplay of guy/girl vocals from John Strohm and Juliana Hatfield, who would both go on to lengthy careers after Blake Babies. juliana had her moment in the pop spotlight with "spin the bottle" and is still making music. john formed the bands Antenna and Velo-Deluxe before recording some albums under his own name and then becoming an entertainment industry lawyer.
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