Licensed To Ill (studio album) by Beastie Boys

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 511th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 833 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1986 (8th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (74th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (511th)
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Licensed To Ill is ranked 2nd 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 235 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,319.

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 833 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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75/100
From 01/10/2023 16:27
I admire the influence of this album, but the songs here are mixed bag for me, I like Rhymin & Stealin, Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn.
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75/100
From 10/26/2022 13:02
Album Rating: 72.92
(948/13)

1.Rhymin & Stealin. 85
2.The New Style. 67
3.She's Crafty. 74
4.Posse In Effect. 69
5.Slow Ride. 80
6.Girls. 83
7.Fight For Your Right. 68
8.No Sleep Till Brooklyn. 71
9.Paul Revere. 70
10.Hold It Now, Hit It. 68
11.Brass Monkey. 61
12.Slow And Low 74
13.Time To Get Ill. 68
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35/100
From 10/23/2022 11:32
Thought I would enjoy this, but really didn't. Fight for your right, Brass Monkey, No Sleep Til Brooklyn and Slow & Low are good, but the rest of the album is just annoying to listen to
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/07/2022 01:12
Solid
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80/100
From 02/07/2022 12:53
Third rap/hip hop album today. Powerful and kind catchy& accessible even for a non-hip-hop fan
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90/100
From 06/25/2020 13:21
Amazing from the first beat to the last!
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75/100
From 02/11/2020 04:11
If this album sounds like a group of boys goofing around then that’s exactly what it is. When ‘Liscenced To Ill’ was released in November 1986 Ad-Rock had only just turned 20 , MCA only just turned 22 and Mike D a baby at only 19 yo

But boy did this goofing around resonant with the buying public with this album a global smash on its way to being the highest selling rap album of the 80’s

Note 1: “ You Gotta Fight...” is actually an anti party song poking fun at the macho stereotypes around the party culture, an irony lost on the perpetrators themselves who dug this song

Note 2: I have always love love loved the heavy guitars in “ You Gotta Fight...” and in particular the “Klang Klang Klang” percussion that accompanies the guitars. I’d love to know what this sound is made by? It sounds like the Anvil The Beatles used in “Maxwells Silver Hammer” . If anyone knows post here or PM me

Note 3: “Girls Girls Girls “ totally blows and I always skip it
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80/100
From 02/04/2020 12:42
Don't really get how this one gets overshadowed by Paul's Boutique. It's much rawer and realer. They sound like a bunch of boys having fun, I love it.
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From 07/22/2019 15:16
Favorite Tracks:No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Brass Monkey
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From 06/26/2019 14:49
Awesome album, loved the blend of rock and hip hop.

Favorites: She's Crafty, Fight For Your Right, Brass Monkey
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Best Albums of 1986
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
3. Graceland by Paul Simon
4. So by Peter Gabriel
5. Skylarking by XTC
6. The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
7. Reign In Blood by Slayer
8. Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys
9. Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
10. Black Celebration by Depeche Mode
11. EVOL by Sonic Youth
12. Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
13. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? by Megadeth
14. Parade by Prince And The Revolution
15. Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
16. Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden
17. Atomizer by Big Black
18. Invisible Touch by Genesis
19. Your Funeral... My Trial by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
20. True Blue by Madonna
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