The Sun Is Often Out
by Longpigs
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The Sun Is Often Out is ranked as the best album by Longpigs.
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The Sun Is Often Out track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Sun Is Often Out rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 38/94 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | in April 2022 (2 B deleted) | 37/99 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1996 | 31/50 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1996 by Radio X | 7/25 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1996 | 41/90 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | djirons | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 59 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Top 46 Music Albums of 1996 | 33/46 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 128 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 15:56 | RemainInLight | 3,758 | 35/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2025 14:28 | ThuramThugood | 3,034 | 67/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2024 09:00 | Johnnyo | 9,919 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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grogg 07/18/2017 20:54 in What album are you listening to right now?The Sun Is Often Out comments
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Album Rating: 73.73
(811/11)
Incl. Hidden track = (878/12) = 73.17
Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - The Sun Is Often Out
29.04.1996
1.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Lost Myself 76
2.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - She Said 77
3.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Far 70
4.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - On And On 84
5.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Happy Again 70
6.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - All Hype 72
7.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Sally Dances 77
8.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Jesus Christ 74
9.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Dozen Wicked Words 70
10.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Elvis 70
11.Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Over Our Bodies 71
Hidden Track:
12. Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Sleep 67
Ranked in order:
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - On And On 84
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Sally Dances 77
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - She Said 77
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Lost Myself 76
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Jesus Christ 74
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - All Hype 72
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Over Our Bodies 71
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Elvis 70
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Far 70
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Happy Again 70
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Dozen Wicked Words 70
* Longpigs (TSIOO - UK - Apr 96) - Sleep 67 (Edited)
A severely underrated album from the 90's. Filled with great songs like the massive rocker "She Said" then kicks off with a meloncholic "On and On". Truly is one of my favorites. (Edited)
Maybe Britpop's most underrated album. It's a consistent effort with some big choruses. "She Said"and "On and On" were both great singles. (Edited)
latenighttv 10/10/2014 08:58 | #123853 | TOP COMMENT
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A strange little album that kicks off with four fairly straightforward 'Britpop'-style tracks before (very successfully) taking on a more adventurous / unusual style after that. A track like 'Jesus Christ' might possibly be the best one on here as it kind of fuses the album's two contrasting styles together. (Edited)
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