Black Market Music
by Placebo
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Placebo bestography
Black Market Music is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Placebo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Placebo is Without You I'm Nothing which is ranked number 841 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,062.
(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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Black Market Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Black Market Music rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 70 Music Albums of 2000 | 63/70 | 1 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 47 Music Albums of 2000 | 26/47 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 27 Music Albums of 2000 | 25/27 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 30 Music Albums of 2000 | 28/30 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 2000 | 62/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 89 Music Albums of 2000 | 26/89 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 33 Music Albums of 2000 | 27/33 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2000 | 77/90 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 140 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 623 | |||
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Black Market Music ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/22/2026 10:26 |  Strangel | 1,010 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2026 19:08 | angryandy | 2,373 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 15:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,316 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Black Market Music forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5402): By FelipeBoorkesView latest topic →
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Black Market Music comments
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my favorite Placebo album. i don't understand all the hate it gets. It has some of my favs like Commercial For Levi, Passive Aggressive and Days Before You Came. also the singles are amazing and singles-wise this is definitely the best of Placebo. also how can people hate Spite And Malice? It's amazing. i do have to say that it has a strong sentimental value for me so maybe I'm too influenced by that (Edited)
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2017 22:57 | #203308 | TOP COMMENT
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This album reminds me of an ex who used to play it on loop in her car constantly, I used to think the CD was jammed in the player . One day I said “ Can I put something else on ? “ and she said “No” . Needless to say we didn’t last long after that. (Edited)
JoaoMoreira 07/16/2013 01:15 | #81551 | TOP COMMENT
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I liked it when I was a teenage... now I see it's teen music. I can only support "Slave to the Wage" nowadays. (Edited)
It has already been said: this is probably something we heard when we were teenagers.
But for me, it has aged well I still hear it and feel they were something different from other bands. They created a sound based on textures and simple rhythmic patterns because Brian Molko's voice and delivery make the perfect counterpart.
And I do know Without You I'm Nothing Is the favorite one for Placebo fans, but to me, this one has memories attached.
Eastwood 11/28/2014 23:52 | #128189 | TOP COMMENT
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Great alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 94,5/100 and the album can get great 95/100. I like the sound and the special voice of Brian Molko. Best song is "Slave to the wage" I'm rating at a max. Closely followed by "Special K", "Passive aggressive", "Black-eyed" and "Peeping Tom" all 95/100 and next "Spite & Malice" 90/100. Only low is "Haemoglobin".
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