Book Of Lightning
by The Waterboys
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The Waterboys bestography
Book Of Lightning is ranked 13th best out of 24 albums by The Waterboys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Waterboys is This Is The Sea which is ranked number 894 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,941.
(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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Book Of Lightning track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Book Of Lightning rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Vaggelis | Top 99 Music Albums of 2007 | 19/99 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2007 | The Observer | Albums of the year 2007 | 47/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 14 | |||
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Book Of Lightning ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/24/2023 23:59 | Shalvey | 758 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2023 09:29 | Moondance | 20,731 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2022 06:34 |  zags7000 | 20,565 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2019 19:52 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2018 12:49 |  Nowhereman1965 | 2,543 | 70/100 |
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I was excited to hear them having fun and sounding like a band again. But a lot of these songs are just hella weak and a little cringe-worthy. These songs seem to have been written by a rhyming dictionary.
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