The Big Black & The Blue
by First Aid Kit
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First Aid Kit bestography
The Big Black & The Blue is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by First Aid Kit on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by First Aid Kit is The Lion's Roar which is ranked number 2457 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 654.
(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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The Big Black & The Blue track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Big Black & The Blue rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2010 | 73/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 68 Music Albums of 2010 | 18/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 91 Music Albums of 2010 | 67/91 | 1 |
| 2025 |  idiotican | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | henriknaess | Top 51 Music Albums of 2010 | 41/51 | 1 |
| 2020 |  OldKingCole | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 44/100 | 22 |
| 2019 |  madsnyland | Top 25 Music Albums of 2010 | 16/25 | 2 |
| 2018 |  mozzmozz | Top 40 Music Albums of 2010 | 35/40 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 62 | |||
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The Big Black & The Blue ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/23/2025 17:38 | LittleM1971 | 6,014 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 19:17 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 23:47 | idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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The Big Black & The Blue comments
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ProfessorSquid 04/09/2013 17:30 | #72221
Not as good as The Lion's Roar, but I'm really liking these ladies.
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