My War (studio album)
by Black Flag

My War by Black Flag
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 2,536th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 183 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (386th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,536th)

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Black Flag bestography

My War is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Black Flag on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Black Flag is Damaged which is ranked number 852 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,014.

Black Flag album bestography « Higher ranked (852nd)
Damaged
This album (2,536th)
My War
Lower ranked (10,092nd) »
The First Four Years

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My War 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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My War rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,536th | 1980s rank: 386th | 1984 rank: 41st

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My War ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 183 votes)
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17 hours ago willtoshower   1,53772/100
 
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11/23/2025 14:31 Kaduken   52579/100
 
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10/23/2025 18:22 Elauqsapid   2,70964/100
 
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08/07/2025 02:07 edguyerrison   13574/100
 
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08/06/2025 23:12 LedZep   4,83379/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.

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85/100
From 08/25/2017 21:13 | #196730
Very angry and frantic
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70/100
From 01/06/2017 16:38 | #181891
This album is extremely rude on the ears. Black Flag sounds like they weigh about ten tons here, moving glacially from heavy riff to ham-handed drum pattern to drawn-out bass drones. Starts out pretty interesting but gets a little humdrum by the end.
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80/100
From 12/19/2016 12:43 | #180500
The first side is brilliant but I'm not mad on the sludge metal on the second side. The second side should've been released an EP.
Favourite tracks: My War, Beat My Head Against The Wall
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From 04/21/2014 04:54 | #109647
To me, My War is the story of side 2 of Damaged taken to its final bleak conclusion. Not a pretty picture I'm afraid. A lot harder to route for our protagonist at this point. From a completely musical point of view, Damaged is a far more varied and thus to me more interesting. Quite unique to see such breadth on a hardcore album. But I nitpick, I love My War too.
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From 08/07/2013 15:55 | #83395
This is so sadly underrated....
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Best Albums of 1984
1. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
2. Ride The Lightning by Metallica
3. The Smiths by The Smiths
4. Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
5. Let It Be by The Replacements
6. Hatful Of Hollow by The Smiths
7. Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen
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11. Powerslave by Iron Maiden
12. Ocean Rain by Echo & The Bunnymen
13. The Unforgettable Fire by U2
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15. Reckoning by R.E.M.
16. Diamond Life by Sade
17. 1984 by Van Halen
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