Illuminate
by Lydia
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Illuminate is ranked as the best album by Lydia.
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Illuminate track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Illuminate rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 25 Music Albums of 2008 | 1/25 | 5 |
| 2026 | AwaitingAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 23/100 | 77 |
| 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 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2020 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 51 Music Albums of 2008 | 12/51 | 4 |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 37/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 170 | |||
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Illuminate ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/10/2026 14:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,520 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 08:37 | Andras | 255 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2025 14:34 | TonySayers61 | 25,451 | 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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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 12/07/2018 21:00 in Album of the day (#2915): Illuminate by Lydia AwaitingAndrew 01/17/2018 00:56 in Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 5: The 2000's AwaitingAndrew 01/25/2017 19:48 in Favorite Album Covers?Illuminate comments
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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
I can't rate the individual tracks of this album. It's to much of a single, cohesive experience. (Edited)
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