Red
by Black Uhuru

Red by Black Uhuru
Year: 1981
Release date: 1981-05-25
Overall rank: 6,048th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 77 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (103rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (867th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,048th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,048th | 1980s rank: 867th | 1981 rank: 103rd
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2026BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 198113/1004
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198173/1001
2026PurpleHazelTop 31 Music Albums of 198123/311
2026FinkyTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s97/1001
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 198143/1003
2026JohnnyoGreatest albums of 1981 by Ultimate Record Collector13/55 -
2026Musicbuff123Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s26/5010
2026RiveraTop 42 Music Albums of 198134/421
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 19819/1005
2026HyggevinylTop 57 Music Albums of 198124/573
2026RiveraBest Of Rest 422/100 -
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 198144/501
2025mostlymor1981 (Listening Project Part 1)76/100 -
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1981 by Acclaimed Music28/47 -
2025 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 198138/501
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198183/1001
2025Mikey43Top 40 Greatest Music Albums38/407
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 198192/1000
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s51/10010
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 198141/501
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 72
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 222
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 77 votes)
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08/23/2025 22:41 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,76182/100
 
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07/13/2025 17:47 rfowler  Ratings distribution  44385/100
 
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03/17/2025 07:16 platus  Ratings distribution  5,85274/100
 
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02/11/2025 08:59 TroutMaskGreg  Ratings distribution  1,76769/100
 
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12/21/2024 05:38 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,07481/100

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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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From 06/26/2013 01:20 | #79867
Probably great. And I am not being bocephus here.
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