Wheels Of Steel
by Saxon

Wheels Of Steel by Saxon
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 7,555th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 68 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (127th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,083rd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,555th)

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Saxon bestography

Wheels Of Steel is ranked 3rd best out of 35 albums by Saxon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Saxon is Strong Arm Of The Law which is ranked number 5504 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 246.

Saxon album bestography « Higher ranked (6,317th)
Denim And Leather
This album (7,555th)
Wheels Of Steel
Lower ranked (14,238th) »
Crusader

(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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Wheels Of Steel rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,555th | 1980s rank: 1,083rd | 1980 rank: 127th

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Wheels Of Steel ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 68 votes)
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70/100
 
02/28/2026 17:48 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
85/100
 
02/18/2026 18:41 adbrack1988  Ratings distribution  1,07383/100
 
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11/12/2025 20:36 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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12/05/2024 21:05 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
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11/27/2024 07:15 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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85/100
From 06/16/2020 14:16 | #253650
Badly under-rated album, 747 and Wheels of Steel are great tracks.
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From 01/31/2018 21:34 | #206918
I have this on vinyl and often give it a spin. 747 and Wheels of Steel are the best tracks. However, I much prefer the 'Killing Ground', 'Dogs of War', 'Lionheart' et al era.
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80/100
From 06/08/2013 02:28 | #78335
Saxon had a great three albums in two years starting with this one. Then they died.
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