Saxon (studio album)
by Saxon

Saxon by Saxon
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 29,341st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 37 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (321st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,262nd)
Award Best albums of all time (29,341st)

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Saxon bestography

Saxon is ranked 12th best out of 35 albums by Saxon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Saxon is Strong Arm Of The Law which is ranked number 5517 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 243.

Saxon album bestography « Higher ranked (26,438th)
Dogs Of War
This album (29,341st)
Saxon
Lower ranked (32,462nd) »
Power & The Glory

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Saxon track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 37 votes)
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09/14/2025 21:33 Olli  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,99068/100
 
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03/24/2025 19:00 AAL2014  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,44375/100
 
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03/22/2023 09:03 MW19704U  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,99059/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 66.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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From 04/25/2022 19:42
Before I ever heard Saxon, I was lured by this album cover as a teenager, but album purchases didn’t come too frequently. The clever use of crossed axe heads for a letter S and the rather cartoonist warrior made for a great sleeve my young spotty self thought. It would be thirty plus years before I laid the needle onto the spatter vinyl re-issue. And I do enjoy it, great debut for a classic NWOBHM band!
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