In Spades
by The Afghan Whigs

In Spades by The Afghan Whigs
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-05-05
Overall rank: 8,274th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 60 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (177th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,605th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,274th)

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The Afghan Whigs bestography

In Spades is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by The Afghan Whigs on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Afghan Whigs is Gentlemen which is ranked number 1292 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,322.

The Afghan Whigs album bestography « Higher ranked (8,274th)
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This album (8,274th)
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Lower ranked (10,227th) »
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In Spades rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,274th | 2010s rank: 1,605th | 2017 rank: 177th
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2026joathomeTop 87 Music Albums of 20175/875
2026vruslovTop 93 Music Albums of 201712/934
2026 dihansseTop 100 Music Albums of 201735/1003
2025 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 86 Music Albums of 201723/864
2025joathomeTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s88/1003
2025 DavyTop 91 Music Albums of 201760/912
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 201735/1003
2025 bojolpif71BEST OF 2017 : Le Top de la rédaction14/50 -
2025 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 201785/1001
2024BardiebartTop 65 Music Albums of 201714/654
2023LosWochosDie besten Alben des Jahres 2017 by ROCKS2/99 -
2023 CrhmgsTop 8 Music Albums of 20175/83
2023 pedro1976Top 13 Music Albums of 201710/132
2023 MW19704UTop 80 Music Albums of 201748/802
2022 DanielNunes93Top 50 Albums of 2017 by Vive Le Rock!32/50 -
2021OurKid77Top 10 Music Albums of 20173/104
2021OurKid77Top 75 Music Albums of the 2010s7/7518
2021 CrhmgsThe Afghan Whigs Discography Ranked8/10 -
2021pago82Top 100 Music Albums of 201714/1004
2021OurKid77Top 100 Greatest Music Albums61/10022
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 44
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 150
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 60 votes)
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75/100
 
03/08/2026 11:00 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,02364/100
 
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12/11/2025 22:30 subnam  Ratings distribution  17726/100
 
80/100
 
07/03/2025 21:18 pedro1976  Ratings distribution  1,50071/100
 
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11/22/2024 13:53 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,00774/100
 
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08/26/2024 10:55 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,24985/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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80/100
From 07/03/2025 21:22 | #309873
A brooding, richly textured rock record with a soulful undercurrent
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From 09/27/2017 15:00 | #198820
La voce di Dulli non è più quella di una volta; ma questo è un grande Album!
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