Good Morning Spider
by Sparklehorse
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Sparklehorse bestography
Good Morning Spider is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Sparklehorse on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sparklehorse is It's A Wonderful Life which is ranked number 1547 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,109.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Good Morning Spider track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Good Morning Spider rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 37/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 73 Music Albums of 1998 | 28/73 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 1998 | 63/74 | 1 |
| 2026 |  BroknsocialShawn | Top 35 Music Albums of the 1990s | 15/35 | 12 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 95 Music Albums of 1998 | 65/95 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1998 | 12/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 63 Music Albums of 1998 | 35/63 | 2 |
| 2026 |  xo66 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 37/100 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 142 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 577 | |||
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Good Morning Spider ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/04/2026 10:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,425 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 22:54 |  CharlieBarley | 3,271 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2025 02:11 |  imacgill | 2,880 | 79/100 |
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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 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Good Morning Spider forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 15 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5474): By Mr NovemberView latest topic →
pedro1976 08/07/2026 11:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 04/30/2024 20:18 in My discoveries per yearView all forum mentions
Good Morning Spider comments
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sageamagoo TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/27/2013 02:35 | #79920 | TOP COMMENT
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I love this album. Browsing through random songs one day, I came across Saint Mary and loved it. Then I checked out the rest of the album... and was blown away.
The album's fusion of slow, exquisite, melodious thinker's ballads and punk or rock-oriented songs keeps the album wholly engaging from beginning to end.
[EDIT: TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER] Out of the four core Mark Linkous records, this was both the easiest to get into, and the one that stuck with me the most. Usually those two don't corollate, and I'm so glad this has remained such an enjoyable experience. Vivadixie... is every bit its equal, so listen to that too if you liked this!
Subtle and exquisitely beautiful music. Redefines electro-pop.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/28/2019 02:48 | #232753 | TOP COMMENT
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Album number 2 from the Mark Linkous project Sparklehorse is a beautiful Lo-Fi indi-rock masterpiece
The background to its release goes back to 1996 when Linkous was left unconscious for 14 hours with his legs pinned under him following a seemingly unintentional drug over dose and as a result was hospitalised for a long period of time , had to use a wheelchair for six months as well as receive dialysis for acute kidney failure. Linkous has stated in interviews much of 'Good Morning Spiders' material had been written prior to the accident however the incidence did influence the sombre tone of the album as well as the track "St. Mary", which is dedicated to the nurses at the hospital where Linkous recuperated
The album itself is 17 tracks long however 3 of those tracks are short-ish sound bites ("Good Morning Spider" 1:09 / "Box of Stars Pt1" 1:34 and "Box of Stars Pt2" 0:51). There are 5 uptempo almost rocking tracks ("Sick of Goodbye's" , "Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man" , "Maria's Little Elbows" , "Cruel Sun" and "Ghost of His Smile") which are all fantastic . The remaining 9 tracks are sad lo-fi numbers each truly gorgeous in their own way
I can't recommend this album more highly
Note: as I write this in 2019 this album is NOT available on any of the major music steaming services , and the Youtube versions are either incomplete or poor quality so I would highly recommend grabbing a CD version while you can still get a copy . I got a cheapish one off EBay but it wasn't easy
THE Sparklehorse album. Rest in peace, Mark Linkous. You brought some beautiful work to this world.
Good album.
Favorite tracks: Pig, Hundreds Of Sparrows
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