Mob Rules
by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath bestography
Mob Rules is ranked 8th best out of 49 albums by Black Sabbath on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Sabbath is Paranoid which is ranked number 47 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,279.
(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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Mob Rules 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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Mob Rules 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 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 24 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/24 | 1 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 33/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1981 | 55/100 | - |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 18 Music Albums of 1981 | 4/18 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 182 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 761 | |||
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Mob Rules ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago |  ecocruzr | 301 | 68/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 12:36 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 13:31 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Mob Rules forum mentions
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This comment will now outdate my comments about Heaven and Hell and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath whereby I stated that they were my top Sabbath albums. Without a doubt, this for me is top of the tree. The vocal delivery by RJD coupled with the overall musicianship which includes the best guitar work and drumming I have heard on any of the other Black Sabbath albums seals my decision. Every track is class, some with a real sinister atmosphere like 'Sign of the Southern Cross' and 'Falling off the Edge of the World'. There are equally, the really heavy workouts like the title track and 'Voodoo'. The sleeve art lets the album down a bit, had that been more scarey it may have encouraged more people to buy it when it was first released. It has taken me ages to track down a decent copy on vinyl but was most definitely well worth the wait! (Edited)
The last decent Sabbath album. Dio would move on the bigger and better things after this one. "Sign of the Southern Cross" "Mob Rules" and "Over and Over" are the standouts for me. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/30/2016 20:29 | #179399 | TOP COMMENT
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It was flat out impossible for the Sabs to duplicate the heights achieved on Heaven and Hell, but Mob Rules is still a most worthy successor. In one way, it actually outpaces its predecessor inasmuch as it has more variety of sound and presentation. Almost every cut is a winner and two of the very best in the entire Sabbath catalog are oft overlooked deep cuts; the hard hitting 'Slipping Away,' and the positively epic and wicked 'Falling of the Edge of the World.' (Edited)
Country Girl is probably my favourite B S track ever
Not up to the caliber of 'Heaven and Hell' but Dio's second effort still produces a solid bit of work. Goes up and down in the pace and tempo of the songs making it a bit of a mish mash as far as flow goes. But still a great album. I rate this above any of Dio's solo albums except for 'Holy Diver'
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