Metal Box
by Public Image Ltd.
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Metal Box track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Metal Box ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/22/2026 02:44 | xhitmanx | 1,519 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 00:13 |  Repo | 2,209 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 16:25 |  junodog4 | 3,009 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 17:06 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2026 20:18 | markl73 | 625 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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junodog4 05/29/2026 16:28 | #314666
Influential and interesting.
...but not enjoyable. There's too many artists and albums that draw the 'aficionados' because they are 'challenging'. Sometimes they are good, but other times... difficult isn't a synonym for quality.
Socialist is the best track on this album
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A decent album but there isn't anything ground breaking that would make it a must listen. It is enjoyable for the most part with the strongest tracks coming right at the beginning. The quality does go down hill the further into the record you go and the music becomes really slow and a bit boring. Overall, it has a few very good tracks but for the majority it is just pretty average.
Very unique and interesting album, a metallic and uncompromising post punk sound of it makes it hard to sit through it.
The experimental stuff works only some of the times.
Jboy56 01/12/2022 10:48 | #279207
#449 in 1001 Albums listening project. I do not get why it is there. Not for me, I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried,..
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I understand it's influence, but it is not really my thing...
Favorite Tracks:Albatross, No Birds, Bad Baby
A classic album. A must have.
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