Blowback
by Tricky
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Tricky bestography
Blowback is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by Tricky on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tricky is Maxinquaye which is ranked number 885 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,955.
(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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Blowback track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blowback rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BlueNote | Best Album Covers | 22/25 | - |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 34 Music Albums of 2001 | 22/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 56 Music Albums of 2001 | 50/56 | 1 |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 81 Music Albums of 2001 | 47/81 | 2 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2001 | 4/76 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Trance and dance | 21/100 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 70 Music Albums of 2001 | 12/70 | 4 |
| 2023 | MW19704U | Introduction to Trip Hop | 18/50 | - |
| 2013 |  ~SMiLE~ | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2013 | ~SMiLE~ | Top 30 Music Albums of 2001 | 2/30 | 5 |
| 2013 |  lightmyway | 20 Worst Albums of the 2000s | 16/20 | - |
| 2001 | Heaven Magazine | Beste albums van 2001 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2001 | WDR 1LIVE Radio | Die besten Alben 2001 | 16/20 | 1 |
| 2001 | WOXY.com | Best Of 2001 | 61/95 | 2 |
| 2001 | Rock Sound | Best Albums 2001 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2001 | Les Inrocks | Les Inrocks Albums of the Year 2001 | 28/50 | 2 |
| 2001 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 2001 | 67/99 | 2 |
| 2001 | VISIONS | The 50 Best Albums of 2001 | 12/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 45 | |||
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Blowback ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/02/2026 23:41 | TastyandTemptin | 3,176 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2025 12:04 | cicadelic | 13,337 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2025 06:33 |  zags7000 | 20,558 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2024 14:56 | thepurplemartin | 554 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2023 10:51 | MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Boltzmann 03/03/2020 19:51 | #248455
He's finally making an attempt again to make his music listenable. Is it enjoyable? Sure enough. Strange collaborations and journeys into rock and dancehall make this album a fun listen, but simply injecting your album with more genres has never fooled me to get excited about it.
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