The Gospel According To The Meninblack
by The Stranglers
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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 1597 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,077.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Gospel According To The Meninblack rankings
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The Gospel According To The Meninblack ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 04:36 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 15:28 |  Tamthebam | 23,186 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 09:43 |  MadhattanJack | 5,994 | 66/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2025 21:25 | LittleM1971 | 5,990 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2025 01:14 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.7/100, a mean average of 66.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Their best album ?? A masterpiece ??
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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