Ancient Heart
by Tanita Tikaram
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Tanita Tikaram bestography
Ancient Heart is ranked as the best album by Tanita Tikaram.
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Ancient Heart track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ancient Heart rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 81 Music Albums of 1988 | 55/81 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 32/47 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 78 Music Albums of 1988 | 9/78 | 4 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Best Of The 80's Pt.3 (201-300) | 87/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1988 | 27/28 | 0 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 40/47 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 83 Music Albums of 1988 | 31/83 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 15/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 74 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 232 | |||
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Ancient Heart ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/08/2026 07:47 | mostlymor | 7,017 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 20:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,666 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 11:32 | platus | 5,876 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 10/10/2024 18:59 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Excellent late eighties album, worth owning the album just for the last track on side one, 'For all Those Years'.
Good album but like many artists she peaked right at the start of her career and never came close to repeating this sort of quality
philbutrin 09/01/2014 03:55 | #120911 | TOP COMMENT
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listening to this album, it's hard to believe it was written and sung by a 16-year-old girl. she's definitely got one of my favorite voices.
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