Sparkle In The Rain
by Simple Minds
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Simple Minds bestography
Sparkle In The Rain is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Simple Minds on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Simple Minds is New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) which is ranked number 772 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,228.
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Sparkle In The Rain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 05/05/2026 03:42 |  TerryTezza | 767 | 78/100 | |
| 04/19/2026 19:13 | Foxforce5 | 449 | 75/100 | |
| 03/10/2026 10:57 | Leginlists | 3,404 | 83/100 | |
| 03/01/2026 01:07 | Devilwoac | 1,209 | 97/100 | |
| 12/13/2025 23:49 | LittleM1971 | 5,947 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Book of Brilliant Things, Waterfront and Up on the Catwalk are all excellent tracks but there are some more forgettable tracks on this release compared with New Gold Dream and Once Upon a Time. I still class this one a part of the 80's trilogy of Simple Minds at their most creative.
TheDude85 07/15/2021 17:17 | #271639
The highlight for me is the unexpected cover of Lou Reed's "Street Hassle."
Possibly my favourite Simple minds album. Waterfront, is probably the highlight, but the whole album is fine. Underrated.
They sound very much like The Cure on this one. Just a few words about spiders and men with knife arms and it would be a Cure album.
timtooky 04/10/2014 19:05 | #108965
quite a crash from the last record. the songs just don't have the sleekness of the ancestor. no ear-harassment, but an unobtrusive album.
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