Sunlight
by Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock bestography
Sunlight is ranked 27th best out of 42 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Herbie Hancock is Head Hunters which is ranked number 543 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,190.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Sunlight track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sunlight rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Herbie Hancock: So Far.. | 17/20 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 88 Music Albums of 1978 | 75/88 | 1 |
| 2021 | stereo_mike | Top 25 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/25 | 3 |
| 2020 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 92/99 | 0 |
| 2019 | lucaslions | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 37/40 | 3 |
| 2019 | stereo_mike | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2017 |  Fischman | Herbie Hancock Albums Ranked | 30/36 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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Sunlight ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/26/2026 02:18 | AAL2014 | 3,989 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 14:08 | duelek | 2,016 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 12:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 13,654 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2023 13:33 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2022 10:58 |  drstuey | 2,705 | 73/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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Graeme2 08/02/2019 21:02 | #240699
Totally underrated. Tracks 1-3 commercial jazz funk, with Herbie on vocoder. I've heard track 1 played a few times by Giles Peterson. Great track. Sounds cool to me this style and also sounds like the cover. I'll take that. Tracks 4 and 5 are on the fusion tip. 4 features Paul Jackson so is akin to a headhunters type of vibe, whereas track 5 is a full on driving fusion thing featuring Jaco pastorius and Tony Williams. What's not to like?
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