In Spades
by The Afghan Whigs

In Spades by The Afghan Whigs
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-05-05
Overall rank: 8,214th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 59 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (178th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,601st)
Award Best albums of all time (8,214th)

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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 1306 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,319.

The Afghan Whigs album bestography « Higher ranked (7,189th)
Do To The Beast
This album (8,214th)
In Spades
Lower ranked (10,208th) »
Congregation

(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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In Spades track list

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In Spades rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,214th | 2010s rank: 1,601st | 2017 rank: 178th

In Spades collection

In Spades ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 59 votes)
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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 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.

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A brooding, richly textured rock record with a soulful undercurrent
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La voce di Dulli non è più quella di una volta; ma questo è un grande Album!
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