Big Beat (studio album)
by Sparks

Big Beat by Sparks
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 16,630th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 43 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (196th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,164th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,630th)

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Sparks bestography

Big Beat is ranked 14th best out of 38 albums by Sparks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sparks is Kimono My House which is ranked number 984 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,764.

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(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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Big Beat 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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Big Beat rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,630th | 1970s rank: 2,164th | 1976 rank: 196th

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Big Beat ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 43 votes)
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12/26/2025 08:07 Exist-en-ciel   4,78570/100
 
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07/15/2025 18:27 RemainInLight   3,15236/100
 
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03/09/2025 07:01 TheHutts   2,01876/100
 
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11/22/2024 00:27 BorderFreeAndrew   14,51074/100
 
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11/15/2024 18:14 davidleewrong   2,31881/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.

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2. Station To Station by David Bowie
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