Sign Of The Hammer
by Manowar
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Manowar bestography
Sign Of The Hammer is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Manowar on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Manowar is Kings Of Metal which is ranked number 6815 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 193.
(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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Sign Of The Hammer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sign Of The Hammer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1984: Metal | 45/71 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 18 Music Albums of 1984 | 11/18 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1984 | 37/59 | 2 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 401-500 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Strangel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 18 Music Albums of 1984 | 5/18 | 4 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 40 Music Albums of 1984 | 29/40 | 2 |
| 2019 | Strangel | Top 9 Music Albums of 1984 | 5/9 | 3 |
| 2019 | zags7000 | genre: Heavy Metal | 35/100 | - |
| 2017 | Soze | Top 30 Greatest Music Albums | 25/30 | 1 |
| 2016 | ecwashere | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 42/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 51 | |||
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Sign Of The Hammer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/20/2026 21:02 | MasterOfPuppets | 845 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2024 16:31 |  FreakWolfenstein | 3,971 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2024 17:05 | LosWochos | 47,364 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2023 01:59 | Teaspoon | 89 | 60/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2023 08:54 | TonySayers61 | 25,301 | 64/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Good metal album. Pretty solid songs throughout (could've done without 'Thunderpick'). This was the first Manowar I bought so I'm a bit biased, hence why I put it as my favorite
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