Black And Blue
by The Rolling Stones
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Black And Blue is ranked 17th best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 48 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,424.
(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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Black And Blue track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black And Blue rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/29/2026 04:06 | stangetzaway | 2,317 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2026 23:57 |  Brandon8 | 1,049 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 16:09 | Jakor | 5,508 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2026 20:34 | sgenrikh | 159 | 94/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2026 09:34 | CrazyDiamond84 | 98 | 62/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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It is such an underrated album and I hate some of the negative comments it gets on occasions. As the reviewer said "Fool To Cry" , ( a big hit) and "Memory Motel" are great ballads and highlights. Likewise "Crazy Mama", ( a favorite from when I first heard it) and "Hand of Fate" are great rock songs. But "Hey Negrita" , what a brilliant song. Funk, rock, reggae all in one. "Hot Stuff" a wonderful way to open the album. A mixture of Disco, rock, funk. This is such a great album. The introduction of Ronny Wood and on going contributions of Nicky Hopkins and Billy Preston are fantastic. This may well be the Stones most underrated album. (Edited)
Jboy56 08/13/2023 20:32 | #298609
Just a very mediocre Stones aöbum lacks bangers and cohesiion. (Edited)
memory motel is underrated (Edited)
VictorVale 02/25/2021 23:22 | #266695
Fora o reggae desajustado acertam nas baladas. (Edited)
Short, solid album. The ballads are just as good as the rockers on this one.
Best song(s): Hot Stuff; Hand of Fate; Fool to Cry (Edited)
llibnanoon 07/27/2020 12:33 | #256274
Nothing really special here. Rating (71.88)
Totally underrated on this site (Edited)
This is an underrated album. It's often considered forgettable, but I think this is a pretty consistent album in terms of the quality of the tracks. The album is very much influenced by reggae-rock with some funk, blues and disco thrown in there. Less rock n' roll than I would've liked, but overall I liked this album. (Edited)
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 15:58 | #207657
"Black and blue" è un disco che non ti prende subito anche per l'assenza di un vero hit, ma quando ti conquista è per sempre.
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