Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh
by Chris De Burgh
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Chris De Burgh bestography
Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by Chris De Burgh on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Chris De Burgh is Spanish Train And Other Stories which is ranked number 6975 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 187.
(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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Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (14 out of 16 tracks have been rated).
Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh 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 |  jeremy9 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1989 | 64/89 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Goliath | Top 16 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/16 | 2 |
| 2016 | chris lancaster | Top 10 Music Albums of the 1980s | 3/10 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/15/2026 10:31 | Leginlists | 3,837 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2025 18:16 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2024 14:54 | Johnnyo | 9,920 | 77/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.8/100, a mean average of 58.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 58.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.7.
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Goliath 12/06/2018 10:51 | #226341
My track listing is different (as it is in so many 'Best of' and 'Greatest Hits' albums). Probably the only Chris De Burge you will need is on here, (Spanish Train and Fatal Hesitation are missing in the listing above).
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