Strong Arm Of The Law
by Saxon

Strong Arm Of The Law by Saxon
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 5,477th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (91st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (793rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,477th)

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Strong Arm Of The Law is ranked as the best album by Saxon.

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Overall rank: 5,477th | 1980s rank: 793rd | 1980 rank: 91st

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 54 votes)
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12/17/2025 00:44 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,03877/100
 
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11/12/2025 20:33 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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11/27/2024 07:15 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100
 
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05/17/2024 21:45 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,36169/100
 
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04/13/2024 22:58 Tomaek6  Ratings distribution  29289/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.

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85/100
From 04/09/2022 13:40 | #283958
Often overlooked classic NWOBHM album. So pleased to have picked up this re-issue on spatter vinyl, to marry with their debut, also on spatter vinyl, just need Denim and Leather now to complete the trio. Title track is a banger, Dallas 1pm a personal favourite, altogether great metal album.
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From 11/05/2020 22:57 | #260221
This is about as NWOBHM as it gets. Lot of good songs. The copy I have of this has 5 added tracks of some of the songs live. Saxon are one of those bands where the live versions sound better. Just saying.
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From 07/05/2020 17:52 | #255060
Good to see this one leap up the ratings recently (over 12,000 places!) Great album, largely over-looked.
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