Light Up The Night
by The Brothers Johnson

Light Up The Night by The Brothers Johnson
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 48,523rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 14 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (544th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (5,666th)
Award Best albums of all time (48,523rd)

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The Brothers Johnson bestography

Light Up The Night is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by The Brothers Johnson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Brothers Johnson is Look Out For #1 which is ranked number 34211 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 23.

The Brothers Johnson album bestography « Higher ranked (34,211th)
Look Out For #1
This album (48,523rd)
Light Up The Night
Lower ranked (50,909th) »
Right On Time

(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 48,523rd | 1980s rank: 5,666th | 1980 rank: 544th

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 14 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:56 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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09/02/2025 03:14 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,41064/100
 
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10/01/2024 23:20 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,85574/100
 
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09/01/2023 18:01 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,13668/100
 
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06/08/2023 19:40 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,77864/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 68.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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