Black Sails In The Sunset
by AFI

Black Sails In The Sunset by AFI
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 8,797th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 52 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (126th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,416th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,797th)

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AFI bestography

Black Sails In The Sunset is ranked 4th best out of 14 albums by AFI on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by AFI is Sing The Sorrow which is ranked number 2503 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 628.

AFI album bestography « Higher ranked (8,397th)
The Art Of Drowning
This album (8,797th)
Black Sails In The Sunset
Lower ranked (11,272nd) »
Crash Love

(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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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 8,797th | 1990s rank: 1,416th | 1999 rank: 126th

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71/100 (from 52 votes)
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12/23/2025 07:34 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,21673/100
 
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12/17/2025 04:03 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,37265/100
 
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07/11/2025 17:47 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  1,87770/100
 
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06/17/2025 06:34 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100
 
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From 04/20/2012 16:12 | #40564
I don't think that anything on this album hits the peaks of Sing the Sorrow, but there's still a lot of good moments here like Clove Smoke Catharsis, No Poetic Device, and God Called in Sick Today.
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From 11/17/2010 07:34 | #16403
The greatest hardcore punk album of the nineties as far as I'm concerned, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes may be heavier and angrier, but punk has never been as melancholic and relatable as Black Sails in the Sunset A+.
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