Blacklisted
by Neko Case
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Neko Case bestography
Blacklisted is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Neko Case on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neko Case is Fox Confessor Brings The Flood which is ranked number 1827 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 930.
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Blacklisted track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blacklisted 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 | Rm12398 | Top 34 Music Albums of 2002 | 16/34 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Greatest Country Albums | 49/75 | - |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 2002 | 20/32 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 70 Music Albums of 2002 | 7/70 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 001-100 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 86 Music Albums of the 2000s | 58/86 | 7 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | mianfei | Top 59 Music Albums of the 2000s | 12/59 | 16 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 19 Music Albums of 2002 | 14/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 36 Music Albums of 2002 | 5/36 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 119 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 469 | |||
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Blacklisted ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/20/2026 03:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,689 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 19:44 | Jdelacruz67 | 58 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 01:17 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Blacklisted forum mentions
NoisyBeast 07/03/2023 10:36 in What album are you listening to right now? paladisiac 06/13/2018 16:23 in Best Albums by Female Artists paladisiac 04/06/2016 18:04 in Top 10 favorite albums with female singersBlacklisted comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/11/2011 03:57 | #32644 | TOP COMMENT
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She softly storms in with "things that scare me". When she sings "the world is gonna pay", you believe her. With your attention, her voice carries you to the "valley of the shadow" where deep red bells "ring this tragic gun". I hear emmylou in her voice. The album sounds romantic and almost lustful, but the lyrics are more disturbed. A lady pilot claims "Stars can't fight city lights / They've turned their backs on us " and "All the lonely houses stand like monuments To thieves " and "If I meet you in the night / You're free to covet all you like " in "tightly". (Advice: take her up on it!) Later she seduces "When you've lived it up till it's got you down...Look for me, I'll be around (Advice: take her up on it!) "pretty girls" and "runnin' out of fools" are the highlights. Lovers abound for "pretty girls" with "curves so comely and sinister". Her cover of "runnin' out of fools" is heart-tugging and somewhat sad at the ending refrain. (in a good way)
buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/11/2016 00:18 | #159295 | TOP COMMENT
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Neko Case was first recommended to me by a buddy from the Pacific Northwest. He didn't love this album; he was more taken with her earlier, more obviously country-influenced work. This was my first exposure to her, and I loved the gothic, reverb-heavy sound immediately. "Deep Red Bells" is the highlight; check out the paradoxical poetry in these lyrics: "It looks a lot like engine oil / And tastes like being poor and small / And popsicles in summer." Sweetness and darkness entwined: such is the spirit of Blacklisted.
Nice review by paladisiac. I couldn't have said it better myself. My first exposure to Neko Case was the first two songs on this album - Things That Scare Me and Deep Red Bells - played on a friend's mixed cd...I was hooked for good.
What a dark and dusty record. I can almost smell the booze and the rust of an old western boomtown-gone-bust. Case took huge strides here from her last record Furnace Room Lullaby. Beautiful noir, with country undertones.
Track Pick: Lady Pilot
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