Wonderful Rainbow
by Lightning Bolt
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Lightning Bolt bestography
Wonderful Rainbow is ranked as the best album by Lightning Bolt.
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Wonderful Rainbow track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wonderful Rainbow rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | LesChoses.com Top 2003 | 19/30 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 62 Music Albums of 2003 | 9/62 | 4 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 72 Music Albums of the 2000s | 29/72 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Antonio-Pedro | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 77/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 30 Music Albums of 2003 | 13/30 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 2003 | 59/59 | 0 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Guide to building a prog collection as Feat. on Metal Storm | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 89/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 92 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 332 | |||
Wonderful Rainbow collection
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Wonderful Rainbow ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/09/2026 21:30 | AledJames | 1,720 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 22:58 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 08:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,555 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.
Wonderful Rainbow favourites
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Wonderful Rainbow forum mentions
NoisyBeast 08/31/2023 21:32 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 11/24/2019 21:45 in My discoveries per year
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Wonderful Rainbow comments
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Few albums really rock as hard as this bad boy. I was a little turned off at first due to the weird style, and lack of coherent lyrics, but after a second listen I realised that this album pulls off a feat that few albums can achieve; and that's the ability to make me headbang and rock out like a freaking maniac!!!!
A demonstration of just how good the drums and the bass can be. It is so energetic and full of life that you get no real time to take a breath as it is just a constant wall of noise being thrown at you. I can see how that can put people off but I thoroughly enjoy it. The high tempo makes it so easy to rock out to and the quality of performance on here is fantastic. The songs Assassins and Dracula Mountain are phenomenal and I always love revisiting this album just for those songs. However, the record can feel a little bare at times and like it is just a skeleton that needs a little more added to it. Also, it can be a little bit too much at times and you do have to be in a certain mood to listen to this album. Overall, an energetic and fun record that gives us a unique listening experience.
planetneutral 01/28/2018 22:38 | #206718 | TOP COMMENT
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