Black Sands
by Bonobo

Album
Black Sands by Bonobo
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-03-29
Overall rank: 3,375th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 129 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2010 (54th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (581st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,375th)

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Black Sands is ranked as the best album by Bonobo.

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Black Sands track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Prelude
Average Rating: 77 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
Kiara
Average Rating: 79 (20 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Kong
Average Rating: 82 (25 votes)Comments: View 0
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Eyesdown
Average Rating: 80 (19 votes)Comments: View 0
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El Toro
Average Rating: 80 (19 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
We Could Forever
Average Rating: 78 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
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1009
Average Rating: 78 (19 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
All In Forms
Average Rating: 78 (20 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
The Keeper
Average Rating: 79 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Stay The Same
Average Rating: 81 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Animals
Average Rating: 78 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
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Black Sands
Average Rating: 77 (18 votes)Comments: View 0

Black Sands rankings

Black Sands rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,375th | 2010s rank: 581st | 2010 rank: 54th  Overall chart history
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Black Sands ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 129 votes)
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 !		07/04/2026 01:44 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,26170/100
 
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 !		10/13/2025 21:13 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  14,18073/100
 
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 !		08/29/2025 04:02 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,36633/100

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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 76.8/100, 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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Black Sands forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/13/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5434): By Taric
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Taric () 1. by (2007) 2. by (1988) 3. by by (2000) 5. by (2009) 6. by (2011) 7. by (1999) 8. by (1997) 9. (1993) 10. by (1983) 11. (2009) 12. (2002) 13. by (2011) 14. by (2007) 15. (1977) 17. (1991) 18. (2009) 19. by (1970) 20. (2009) 21. by…”
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From Tha1ChiefRocka 08/29/2017 01:57 in Discussion of Trip Hop
“I'll give you some more recs that are related to trip hop or downtempo. Specifically the song "The Keeper" and one of my favorite albums ever This is just one great compilation of artists as well.”
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Black Sands comments

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85/100
From 01/14/2011 12:31 | #17565 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
excellent downtempo album ! high electronic quality music. highlight: All In Forms
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From 09/07/2014 09:59 | #121415 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
quite good background music, well thought.
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Beautiful electronic music! Soothes the soul.
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From 03/16/2018 16:08 | #211054 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Bonobos best.
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