A Black Box
by Peter Hammill
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Peter Hammill bestography
A Black Box is ranked 4th best out of 45 albums by Peter Hammill on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Hammill is The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage which is ranked number 3319 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 460.
(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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A Black Box track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Black Box rankings
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A Black Box ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/05/2025 22:09 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:38 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2025 23:53 | Skerns | 5,183 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2024 13:01 | JamesMowbray | 5,643 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2024 22:08 | cicadelic | 13,756 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.9.
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The first half of the album has some killer songs with great lyrics. I especially love Golden Promises and Losing Faith in Words. The song "Flight" is not that good in my opinion, however, and is one of Peter Hamill's worst efforts. It has some good sections but it just sounds really forced. (Edited)
The first side of this album is really good, but I think Flight isn't one of Peter's better moments. It's interesting in parts, but just seems a little forced.
Robert Anton Wilson 08/20/2012 18:09 | #48902 | TOP COMMENT
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Includes the full album side classic "Flight". Another canon album of early PH.
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