Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh
by Chris De Burgh

Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh by Chris De Burgh
(Compilation album)
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 37,009th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 12 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1989 (484th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (4,535th)
Award Best albums of all time (37,009th)

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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 6713 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 191.

Chris De Burgh album bestography « Higher ranked (31,099th)
Into The Light
This album (37,009th)
Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh
Lower ranked (46,720th) »
Flying Colours

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Spark To A Flame: The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (14 out of 16 tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 37,009th | 1980s rank: 4,535th | 1989 rank: 484th

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65/100 (from 12 votes)
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60/100
 
01/15/2026 10:31 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  2,82083/100
 
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01/18/2025 18:16 DJStuart79  Ratings distribution  5,90858/100
 
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03/12/2024 14:54 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,65677/100
 
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03/29/2021 13:54 jeremy9  Ratings distribution  3,66670/100
 
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01/26/2021 20:29 FreakWolfenstein  Ratings distribution  3,97571/100

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From 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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