The Gospel According To The Meninblack
by The Stranglers

The Gospel According To The Meninblack by The Stranglers
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 15,380th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 60 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (224th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,089th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,380th)

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The Stranglers bestography

The Gospel According To The Meninblack is ranked 8th best out of 29 albums by The Stranglers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Stranglers is Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus) which is ranked number 1589 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,073.

The Stranglers album bestography « Higher ranked (12,586th)
Feline
This album (15,380th)
The Gospel According To The Meninblack
Lower ranked (20,235th) »
Dreamtime

(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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The Gospel According To The Meninblack rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,380th | 1980s rank: 2,089th | 1981 rank: 224th
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2026LittleM1971Top 89 Music Albums of 198166/891
2026mikepenTop 100 Music Albums of 198110/1005
2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198131/1004
2025martinthoTop 54 Music Albums of 198113/544
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 198168/1002
2025martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s72/1006
2025DJStuart79Top 48 Music Albums of 198119/483
2025 foxytreekoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s26/10015
2025mostlymor1981 (Listening Project Part 1)15/100 -
2025 greatsonTop 49 Music Albums of 198126/492
2025 LiedzeitTop 49 Music Albums of 198146/490
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 19816/1005
2023TroutMaskGregTop 17 Music Albums of 198117/170
2023cronadigallinaTop 100 Music Albums of 198156/1002
2022 sageamagooTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s82/1004
2022mikepenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s90/1002
2021 NickVolosTop 100 Music Albums of 198164/1002
2021 CharlieBarley201-300 Favourite Songs100/100 -
2020 CharlieBarleyTop 60 Music Albums of 198114/604
2019 guzguzgarbitTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s85/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 29
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 73
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Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 60 votes)
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12/04/2025 15:28 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,97469/100
 
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11/12/2025 09:43 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,72266/100
 
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05/02/2025 21:25 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,94081/100
 
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04/01/2025 01:14 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,25985/100
 
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07/29/2024 09:28 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,40469/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.7/100, a mean average of 66.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.

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From 04/06/2023 15:43 | #295826
Their best album ?? A masterpiece ??
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From 03/07/2016 04:48 | #161480
I might be the only other person beside Keith Floyd who liked this album publicly. The concept is stupid, but I give credit where credit is deserved and I actually enjoy the silliness of the concept. Plus it verges on comedy as does the movie series of the same name. Not take seriously an enjoyable record, taken seriously a failure.
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