Ill Communication
by Beastie Boys
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Beastie Boys bestography
Ill Communication is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Beastie Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Beastie Boys is Paul's Boutique which is ranked number 246 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,548.
(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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Ill Communication track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ill Communication ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | zrommeke | 10 | 94/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 23:11 | Olli | 6,734 | 63/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 22:28 | Araldo | 1,471 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 22:19 | mash | 1,410 | 88/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 18:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 6,050 | 70/100 |
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Some bangers here and there, but as a whole a bit inconsistent for me.
Jboy56 03/14/2022 08:38 | #282814
Strong and solid stuff.
planetneutral 01/21/2018 14:09 | #206171
I knew this album even better than I thought I did. Mid-90s staple.
Jbalbinolr 11/18/2017 13:21 | #201561
I love the Beastie Boys, but here they started to dip down in quality.
For some odd reason, this album is the only record I've heard that not only tries to separate itself between two very different sets of music (almost two different albums really), but does so extremely well. The first half feels like a mix between Licensed to Ill's energy (but mellower) and Paul's Boutique's intelligence (but simpler), and done so extremely well as the first half is an absolute joy to listen to. The second half can turn a lot of people away, but for people that are fans of such things as Boutique's B-Boy Bouillabaise and Abbey Road's second half, it's a hip-hop journey and an incredible listen. The Boys know how to use their instruments, which was proven in Check Your Head, and boy do they ever use them well.
Key Cuts: Sure Shot, Root Down, Get It Together
This is the best Beastie Boys album and one of the best hip-hop albums of all time. Even the instrumentals bring something to the rest
even the instrumentals are amazing. the beastie's best
MLou 07/18/2014 16:33 | #117004
The best album of the Beastie Boys!
In my opinion "Sure Shot" is their best song
swhaze 05/28/2014 04:45 | #113101
"Sabotage" is the best song on this. "Get It Together" sounded like they were free-styling and Q-tip made it awkward by using the N-word in mixed company. This album must be where they really got into making the lyrics difficult to hear and understand, thus spawned the title.
ButterThumbz 05/15/2014 17:10 | #111898
This plays almost like a b-side to Check Your Head. It doesn't hang together quite as well but contains some of the Beasties best material.
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