Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline
by Talking Heads
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Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline is ranked 12th best out of 19 albums by Talking Heads on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Talking Heads is Remain In Light which is ranked number 25 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,403.
(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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Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Band Compilations | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 37 Music Albums of 1992 | 32/37 | 1 |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | More Best Of The Best Of | 19/63 | - |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 49 Music Albums of 1992 | 36/49 | 1 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2021 |  RoundTheBend | Top 58 Music Albums of 1992 | 11/58 | 4 |
| 2017 | swanstuff | Top 26 Greatest Music Albums | 12/26 | 4 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 68 Music Albums of 1992 | 25/68 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/01/2026 16:03 | platus | 5,896 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2026 12:29 |  Tamthebam | 23,330 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2024 21:29 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,776 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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RoundTheBend 04/15/2016 23:50 in Best of collectionsPopular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline comments
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lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/15/2012 02:17 | #42364
A good double-album career overview with all the hits plus a lot of new and rare songs. Totally worth it.
Not sure why someone would listen to a retrospective like this when the individual albums are so good. But this collection gets a few bonus points for its extras. "Sax And Violins"--even the title of that song is gold.
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