Blue Sunshine
by The Glove
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blue Sunshine rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1983 | 24/25 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest Goth Albums (1 - 100) by Ultimate Record Collection | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 54/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1983 | 87/90 | 0 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 45 Music Albums of 1983 | 42/45 | 0 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1983 | 10/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | abstrusegoose | Top 46 Greatest Music Albums | 24/46 | 50 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 49 Music Albums of 1983 | 36/49 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 111 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/28/2024 02:01 | slatsheit | 2,076 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2023 19:59 | TonySayers61 | 26,006 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2023 07:45 | stangetzaway | 2,336 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
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TheDude85 09/02/2019 15:05 | #242087 | TOP COMMENT
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A unique supergroup formed by Robert Smith of The Cure and Steven Severin of Siouxie and The Banshees during a hiatus from each band. The duo added a female singer/dancer and christened themselves "The Glove". What was supposed to be a one-off recording session ended up a fruitful 3 month collaboration and produced this album of 13 songs. The female singer/dancer is the lead singer on all but 2 songs here, where Smith croons in unmistakable Cure voice. The music while strange and weird is not in the least bit objectionable. A true find for fans of both bands.
This album is consistently good but never really pushes past that boundary into something better than that. It is lacking the edge to properly propel itself into the forefront of your mind and you find yourself being distracted quite easily. It is a little repetitive in terms of songs as well and really slow and a little boring at times. With that being said, there is no real bad cut on this record with all being pretty decent. Instrumentally, it is simple and effective but could do with fleshing out on certain tracks. The vocal from both Smith and the female singer is very high in terms of quality and they really create a good atmosphere together. I would have been intrigued to see them work together more. Overall, a consistent batch of decent songs that just misses the mark in my opinion and it needs a bit more work to be considered truly great.
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