No. 1 In Heaven
by Sparks

No. 1 In Heaven by Sparks
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-03-01
Overall rank: 3,025th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 114 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (530th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,025th)

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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 1022 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,706.

Sparks album bestography « Higher ranked (2,962nd)
Propaganda
This album (3,025th)
No. 1 In Heaven
Lower ranked (5,605th) »
Angst In My Pants

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  Track ratings 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

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Overall rank: 3,025th | 1970s rank: 530th | 1979 rank: 55th

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No. 1 In Heaven ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 114 votes)
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03/01/2026 13:44 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,39671/100
 
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01/29/2026 03:49 stangetzaway  Ratings distribution  2,28884/100
 
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01/19/2026 09:01 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,52070/100
 
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12/16/2025 11:43 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16772/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:55 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100

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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 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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70/100
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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