The Black Swan (studio album)
by The Triffids

The Black Swan by The Triffids
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 17,092nd   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 24 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (233rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,298th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,092nd)

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The Triffids bestography

The Black Swan is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by The Triffids on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Triffids is Born Sandy Devotional which is ranked number 2168 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 750.

The Triffids album bestography « Higher ranked (17,092nd)
The Black Swan
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The Black Swan track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Black Swan rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 17,092nd | 1980s rank: 2,298th | 1989 rank: 233rd

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The Black Swan ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 24 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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From 12/02/2014 14:32 | #128507
Disappointing album by a great Aussie band, can see what they were trying just not achieving perfection
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