Illuminate
by Lydia

Overall rank: 7,663rd | 2000s rank: 1,341st | 2008 rank: 127th
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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	AwaitingAndrew	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	23/100	76
2026	AwaitingAndrew	Top 40 Music Albums of 2008	2/40	5
2025	Igtonumama	Top 100 Music Albums of 2008	68/100	2
2025	AwaitingAndrew	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	1/100	20
2025	Steppenwolf666	Top 99 Music Albums of 2008	53/99	2
2025	Imaybeparanoid	Top 99 Music Albums of 2008	8/99	5
2024	Glitterboiii	Top 50 Music Albums of 2008	17/50	3
2020	panapsal	Top 100 Music Albums of 2008	37/100	3
2020	cronadigallina	Top 100 Music Albums of 2008	5/100	5
2020	StefanR10	Top 100 Music Albums of 2008	86/100	1
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		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		168

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75/100 (from 38 votes)

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70/100 !	06/10/2026 14:43	Exist-en-ciel	16,491	70/100
90/100 !	04/03/2026 08:37	Andras	255	78/100
60/100 !	09/24/2025 14:34	TonySayers61	26,022	64/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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BestEverAlbums 10/16/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5467): By AwaitingAndrew

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AwaitingAndrew () 1. by by (2012) 3. by (2013) 4. (1994) 5. by by (1997) 7. (2004) 8. by (1965) 11. by by (1958) 13. by by (2014) 16. by (1969) 18. by (2008) 19. by (2001) 20. by by by (2009) 23. by (2009) 27. by (1952) 28. by (1970) 29. by…”

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BestEverAlbums 12/07/2018 21:00 in Album of the day (#2915): Illuminate by Lydia

“Today's album of the day Illuminate by Lydia ( | ) Year: 2008. Country: Overall rank: 3,950 Average rating: 76/100 (from 26 votes). Tracks: 1. This Is Twice Now 2. Fine Evening For A Rogue 3. I Woke Up Near The Sea 4. Hospital 5. Fate 6. Sleep Well 7. Stay Awake 8. All I See 9. One More Day 10.…”

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AwaitingAndrew 01/17/2018 00:56 in Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 5: The 2000's

“2008 has two of my top five favorite albums of all-time. Then you add in other albums I love from Tenth Avenue North, City and Colour, Kings of Leon, Fleet Foxes, and more, and though I also really like albums from '05 and '06, it's a no brainer for me.”

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90/100

From n8rob 12/29/2015 04:10 | #155302 | TOP COMMENT

I can't rate the individual tracks of this album. It's to much of a single, cohesive experience. (Edited)

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60/100

From Yipyapper 11/08/2016 20:49 | #178150 | TOP COMMENT

For fans of vocals and piano (such as myself), this album is a definite treat. Its strengths show itself early on, however, with emotion (but not too much) sprinkled around biting lyrics and decent production value. This tends to repeat itself throughout the album, and eventually you start to grow a little tired of the same good thing.

Key Cuts: This is Twice Now, Hospital, Fine Evening For a Rogue

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