Black Sands
by Bonobo
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Black Sands is ranked as the best album by Bonobo.
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Black Sands track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black Sands rankings
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Black Sands ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/04/2026 01:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,107 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 21:13 | cicadelic | 13,248 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2025 04:02 | Proto | 4,168 | 33/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2025 10:32 | dukeboxkool | 2,207 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2025 18:59 | jnmayles | 2,253 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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ExTeaSea 09/12/2018 04:48 | #220957 | TOP COMMENT
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Beautiful electronic music! Soothes the soul.
Bonobos best.
quite good background music, well thought.
cartoken 01/14/2011 12:31 | #17565 | TOP COMMENT
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excellent downtempo album ! high electronic quality music. highlight: All In Forms
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