Minor Earth | Major Sky
by a-ha
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Minor Earth | Major Sky is ranked 6th best out of 20 albums by a-ha on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by a-ha is Hunting High And Low which is ranked number 1791 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 955.
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Minor Earth | Major Sky track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Minor Earth | Major Sky rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 42 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 80 Music Albums of 2000 | 76/80 | 0 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 38 Music Albums of 2000 | 20/38 | 3 |
| 2026 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 77/99 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0001-0100* | 33/97 | - |
| 2025 | henriknaess | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 61/99 | 2 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 22 Music Albums of 2000 | 2/22 | 5 |
| 2024 | paladisiac | 2000s 65rating (64.83-64.17), #001-100* | 8/69 | - |
| 2023 |  RevolverCB72 | a-ha: Best Studio Albums | 5/11 | - |
| 2023 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 68/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 120 | |||
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Minor Earth | Major Sky ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/23/2026 01:17 | iann97 | 2,211 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 07:23 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2025 08:01 | TonySayers61 | 25,846 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.
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Great comeback from one of the most underrated bands of all time.
One of my favourite A-ha albums and this was a fantastic return after many years away. Favourite tracks are Summer Moved On, Minor Earth Major Sky, Velvet and I Wish I Cared.
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