No. 1 In Heaven (studio album)
by Sparks

No. 1 In Heaven by Sparks
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 2,978th   
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 111 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (530th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,978th)

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Sparks bestography

No. 1 In Heaven is ranked 3rd best out of 38 albums by Sparks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sparks is Kimono My House which is ranked number 984 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,764.

Sparks album bestography « Higher ranked (2,930th)
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This album (2,978th)
No. 1 In Heaven
Lower ranked (5,395th) »
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No. 1 In Heaven track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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No. 1 In Heaven rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,978th | 1970s rank: 530th | 1979 rank: 54th

No. 1 In Heaven collection

No. 1 In Heaven ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 111 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 11/12/2023 10:27 | #299933
OK, but has lost its punch and originality. NIce synths though.
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From 07/28/2020 05:26 | #256335
No. 1 in Heaven, Sparks's transition into synthesizer based music, is quite the graceful shift in style. Glam rock isn't quite that much different than synthpop, which is lucky for them. Though the songwriting suffers a bit, the almost title track (The Number One Song in Heaven) makes up for it. Nothing glaringly bad.
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