The Sun Is Often Out
by Longpigs

The Sun Is Often Out by Longpigs
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 9,141st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (175th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,478th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,141st)

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Overall rank: 9,141st | 1990s rank: 1,478th | 1996 rank: 175th
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2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 199640/1003
2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 199641/903
2026djironsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums39/10062
2026Johnnyoin April 2022 (2 B deleted)37/99 -
2026vruslovTop 94 Music Albums of 199638/943
2026JohnnyoIndie albums of the year 1996 by Radio X7/25 -
2026cicadelicQ magazine Recordings Of The Year 199631/50 -
2026 PasticheTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s29/10014
2025ThuramThugoodTop 46 Music Albums of 199633/462
2025JohnnyoLong Live Vinyl's essential britpop albums40/40 -
2025ThuramThugoodApr 96 - Best Albums & Tracks | Apr 19961/2 -
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 199676/1001
2025 PasticheTop 31 Music Albums of 19961/315
2025ThuramThugoodPt 2: 1990s Decade - Best Albums (Part 2): 101-200. | 1990s24/30 -
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Longpigs (UK) - Ranked1/2 -
2024 Graeme2Top 70 Music Albums of 199648/702
2022 covecoveDiamonds In The Rough...63/100 -
2021ballanTop 29 Greatest Music Albums19/2918
2019ImaybeparanoidTop 100 Music Albums of 199644/1003
2018spiritintheskyTop 18 Music Albums of 199611/182
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 30
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 133
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 30 votes)
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75/100
 
01/16/2025 14:28 ThuramThugood  Ratings distribution  3,02967/100
 
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08/15/2024 09:00 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,66577/100
 
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01/29/2022 09:33 ddeeddles64  Ratings distribution  2,82072/100
 
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01/29/2021 20:57 markc19  Ratings distribution  1,76187/100
 
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11/28/2020 06:03 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,23872/100

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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 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.

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75/100
From 01/16/2025 14:19 | #307049
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
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Rating:  
95/100
From 08/26/2018 07:33 | #220110
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.
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From 01/14/2018 19:59 | #205607
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.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 10/10/2014 08:58 | #123853
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.
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