David Sylvian

The best album credited to David Sylvian is Secrets Of The Beehive which is ranked number 1,324 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,299.

David Sylvian is ranked number 657 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2,683.

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David Sylvian best albums

The following albums by David Sylvian are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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Secrets Of The Beehive

David Sylvian

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

185 charts

Rank Score:

1,299

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1984

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

599

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1986

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

372

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577

Overall Rank:

3,969

Average Rating:

74 (87 votes)

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Manafon

David Sylvian

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

158

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1999

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

131

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Blemish

David Sylvian

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

18 charts

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Everything And Nothing
Compilation

David Sylvian

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

8 charts

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Alchemy - An Index Of Possibilities

David Sylvian

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

13 charts

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Sleepwalkers
Compilation

David Sylvian

Year of Release:

2010

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7 charts

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Died In The Wool / Manafon Variations

David Sylvian

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

8 charts

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Overall artist rank:

657

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This may not be a complete discography for David Sylvian.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

David Sylvian bestography composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
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1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	0	0%
1980s	5	0%
1990s	2	0%
2000s	6	0%
2010s	2	0%
2020s	0	0%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	11	73%
Yes	4	27%

David Sylvian best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Red Guitar

(from the album Brilliant Trees)

Average Rating: 86 (32 votes)Comments: 0

Orpheus

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 86 (40 votes)Comments: 0

Let The Happiness In

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 83 (37 votes)Comments: 0

Waterfront

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 83 (37 votes)Comments: 0

When Poets Dreamed Of Angels

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 83 (34 votes)Comments: 0

The Devil's Own

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 83 (32 votes)Comments: 0

The Boy With The Gun

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 83 (38 votes)Comments: 0

Nostalgia

(from the album Brilliant Trees)

Average Rating: 82 (26 votes)Comments: 0

I Surrender

(from the album Dead Bees On A Cake)

Average Rating: 82 (11 votes)Comments: 0

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September

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 82 (37 votes)Comments: 0

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Maria

(from the album Secrets Of The Beehive)

Average Rating: 82 (33 votes)Comments: 0

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Gone To Earth

(from the album Gone To Earth)

Average Rating: 81 (14 votes)Comments: 0

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The Ink In The Well

(from the album Brilliant Trees)

Average Rating: 81 (25 votes)Comments: 1

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Blemish

(from the album Blemish)

Average Rating: 81 (4 votes)Comments: 0

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A Fire In The Forest

(from the album Blemish)

Average Rating: 81 (4 votes)Comments: 0

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Silver Moon

(from the album Gone To Earth)

Average Rating: 80 (11 votes)Comments: 0

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The Heart Knows Better

(from the album Blemish)

Average Rating: 80 (4 votes)Comments: 0

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Backwaters

(from the album Brilliant Trees)

Average Rating: 80 (25 votes)Comments: 1

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Taking The Veil

(from the album Gone To Earth)

Average Rating: 80 (11 votes)Comments: 0

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Wave

(from the album Gone To Earth)

Average Rating: 79 (12 votes)Comments: 0

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David Sylvian ratings

Average Rating:

77/100 (from 12 votes)

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70/100 !	02/26/2018 12:37	Leonard	760	74/100

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This artist is rated in the top 16% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 19.1.

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BestEverAlbums 08/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5407): By Charade

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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by skrapoel () 1. by (2000) 2. by (1980) 3. by (1982) 4. by (1982) 5. by by (1989) 8. by (1977) 10. by (1985) 11. by (1982) 12. by (1981) 13. by (1986) 14. by (2005) 15. by by (2000) 17. by (2002) 18. (2005) 19. by (1996) 21. by (2010) 22. by…”

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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by by (1985) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1970) 5. by (1975) 6. by (1972) 7. (1972) 8. by (1967) 9. by (1970) 10. by (1966) 11. by (1968) 12. by (1970) 13. by (1969) 14. by (1974) 15. by (1966) 16. by (1975) 17. by (1971) 18. by (1970) 19. by…”

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