Black Candy (studio album)
by Beat Happening

Black Candy by Beat Happening
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 13,276th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 30 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (184th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,835th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,276th)

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Beat Happening bestography

Black Candy is ranked 4th best out of 10 albums by Beat Happening on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Beat Happening is Jamboree which is ranked number 3531 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 416.

Beat Happening album bestography « Higher ranked (7,035th)
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This album (13,276th)
Black Candy
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Black Candy track list

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Black Candy rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,276th | 1980s rank: 1,835th | 1989 rank: 184th

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76/100 (from 30 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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Best Tracks: Cast A Shadow, Other Side
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