Velvet Darkness
by Allan Holdsworth
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Allan Holdsworth bestography
Velvet Darkness is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Allan Holdsworth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Allan Holdsworth is I.O.U. which is ranked number 16011 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 71.
(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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Velvet Darkness track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Velvet Darkness rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 79/97 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | AAL2014 | Allan Holdsworth: So Far.. | 4/4 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2021 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2020 | andybasic | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 6/40 | 33 |
| 2019 |  Fischman | Allan Holdsworth Albums Ranked | 17/18 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 02:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,150 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2024 19:24 | TonySayers61 | 25,060 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2023 16:12 | MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2021 23:39 | TodFitz | 27,377 | 63/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2021 01:25 | Skerns | 5,155 | 80/100 |
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Just going to drop this quote from the Wikipedia entry for this album, for those who might not know: "None of the musicians involved ever received royalties for their work. Holdsworth therefore considered the album an unauthorised release and not part of his discography."
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