Illuminate (studio album)
by Lydia

Illuminate by Lydia
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-03-18
Overall rank: 5,887th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 37 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (91st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,021st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,887th)

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Illuminate is ranked as the best album by Lydia.

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Illuminate track list

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Illuminate rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,887th | 2000s rank: 1,021st | 2008 rank: 91st

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Illuminate ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 37 votes)
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09/24/2025 14:34 TonySayers61   23,14364/100
 
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08/30/2025 20:57 Andras   22478/100
 
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03/08/2023 20:25 Igtonumama   10,79063/100

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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 75.4/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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60/100
From 11/08/2016 20:49 | #178150
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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90/100
From 12/29/2015 04:10 | #155302
I can't rate the individual tracks of this album. It's to much of a single, cohesive experience.
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