Too Close To Heaven
by The Waterboys
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The Waterboys bestography
Too Close To Heaven is ranked 15th best out of 24 albums by The Waterboys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Waterboys is This Is The Sea which is ranked number 894 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,939.
(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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Too Close To Heaven track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (1 out of 10 tracks have been rated).
Too Close To Heaven rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2017 | razumov | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 99/99 | 0 |
| 2002 | Rockol | Referendum della redazione 2001 | 11/15 | 2 |
| 2001 | Iguana | Albums Of The Year 2001 | 42/99 | 3 |
| 2001 | Aftonbladet | Best Albums 2001 | 75/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
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Too Close To Heaven ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/30/2026 05:36 | Leginlists | 3,744 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2022 06:37 |  Tamthebam | 23,129 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2022 04:19 | Moondance | 20,729 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2021 21:34 | TheHutts | 2,093 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2019 19:52 |  TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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Some of their best songs are on this. It can get a little corny sometimes, but the passion with which Scott sings is awesome indeed.
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