Life's Too Good
by The Sugarcubes
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Life's Too Good is ranked as the best album by The Sugarcubes.
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Life's Too Good track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Life's Too Good rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 32 Music Albums of 1988 | 6/32 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Best 1988 Le choix des critiques | 10/10 | - |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 45 Music Albums of 1988 | 17/45 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 26/50 | 10 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 32 Music Albums of 1988 | 28/32 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 12 Music Albums of 1988 | 10/12 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 207 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 970 | |||
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Life's Too Good ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:38 | araidernomore | 497 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 02:06 | bonnequestion | 1,706 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 05:51 |  Purplepash | 5,003 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea BestEverAlbums 08/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5412): By BraddlesHendo Purplepash 07/13/2026 08:29 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Life's Too Good comments
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louisjwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/27/2015 15:05 | #140389 | TOP COMMENT
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If only every song here were as good as Birthday. Bjork doesn't even sound human on this album. She is ethereal and beyond the limits of human capability with that voice. I can't help but think The Sugarcubes were really into Siouxsie and the Banshees. There are lot of similarities here.
hereforashortime 03/07/2018 04:02 | #210277 | TOP COMMENT
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Overall a good album, lyrically this is pretty abstract at times, but I can still get a grasp on the basic concepts (I think). I have absolutely no idea what "delicious demon" is supposed to mean though. Bjork's vocals are phenomenal (particularly on the track birthday), I'm really looking forward to this project now. I like how the music has some variety to it, but at times it's a little jarring, not a fan of the transition from traitor to motorcrash, though I enjoyed both songs. I find the beginning and ending of this album to be the best, but I find it drags quite a bit in the middle. I wouldn't call this a phenomenal album, but it is promising, and I'm looking forward to hearing the next two of The Sugarcubes' albums.
hereforashortime 03/05/2018 17:32 | #210166 | TOP COMMENT
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Good, but uneven.
I remember having a taped copy of this back in 88 as a teen but not liking it and taping over it quite quickly. What an idiot! Revisiting this, it's superb. Bjork's voice is magical of course, but the broader group dynamic seems to bring out something else. This is great.
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/10/2019 19:36 | #241040 | TOP COMMENT
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A wonderful album! Top five Bjork album right here. A post punk/alternative rock album with Bjork on vocals, what's not to like? She rocks. Wish they had at least one comeback album later in her career.
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