For The First Time (studio album)
by Black Country, New Road

For The First Time by Black Country, New Road
Year: 2021
Release date: 2021-02-05
Overall rank: 573rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 527 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2021 (2nd)
Award Top 10 albums of the 2020s (7th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (573rd)
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Black Country, New Road bestography

For The First Time is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Black Country, New Road on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Black Country, New Road is Ants From Up There which is ranked number 241 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,818.

Black Country, New Road album bestography « Higher ranked (241st)
Ants From Up There
This album (573rd)
For The First Time
Lower ranked (2,240th) »
Live At Bush Hall

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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 527 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.1/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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From 07/02/2025 08:07
Such an intimate performance
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From 05/06/2022 11:32
tried with this one but just couldnt get into it..
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75/100
From 04/04/2022 06:24
Interesting at parts but depressing for these times of war...
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From 03/16/2022 04:24
You think he's invincible in those sunglasses? Can't tell

(worth the price of admission for Sunglasses alone- incredible song, especially the 2nd act. Reminds me of The End of Radio)
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85/100
From 02/15/2022 17:26
Que incrível viagem! Puta álbum foda!!
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95/100
From 02/10/2022 18:03
This album rules. Definitely one of the top albums of 2021
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85/100
From 02/09/2022 00:16
86.67

Luego de leer muchas críticas positivas de este disco lo decidí escuchar. Últimamente este estilo de combinar instrumentales con partes de rock sólidas me está agradando sobremanera. Espero con entusiasmo escuchar su nuevo disco.
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From 01/20/2022 22:31
“For The First Time” feels like a heavy conversation in the back of a jazz club. The sound is a hybrid of frantic jazz and post rock based guitar soundscapes cut with saxophone. The vocals are these half spoken half sung anxiety trips very similar to the style of The The’s Matt Johnson. Each track tells a different story of worry and self-esteem based around a personal experience. The heaviest of these is “Science fair” which breaks into personal disgust as the sax rises like a pack of howling wolves. The imagery is striking with wood looking at sticky hands with incredible self-loathing. Unfortunately, no other track reaches a similar emotional peak. The formula of spoken word and heavy saxophone becomes expected. The concept show promise but needs to be refined into a more diverse structure.
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65/100
From 01/05/2022 23:04
Good first album, not a fan of this style but a lot of great moments.
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From 01/04/2022 20:01
One of the best debut album.
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