Black Market Clash
by The Clash

Black Market Clash by The Clash
(Compilation album)
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 34,576th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (428th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (4,260th)
Award Best albums of all time (34,576th)

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The Clash bestography

Black Market Clash is ranked 10th best out of 19 albums by The Clash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Clash is London Calling which is ranked number 21 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 30,189.

The Clash album bestography « Higher ranked (19,271st)
The Story Of The Clash Volume 1
This album (34,576th)
Black Market Clash
Lower ranked (41,301st) »
The Essential Clash

(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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Black Market Clash rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 34,576th | 1980s rank: 4,260th | 1980 rank: 428th

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Black Market Clash ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
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01/12/2026 11:43 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  2,98583/100
 
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01/05/2026 15:45 jnmayles  Ratings distribution  2,12173/100
 
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11/16/2024 09:33 bigbeans  Ratings distribution  26979/100
 
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07/30/2024 18:33 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,65677/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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From 10/25/2020 04:45 | #259759
Wow...how this in not among their top 3? Some of the best songs/mixes they ever did.
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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
5. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
6. Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel
7. The River by Bruce Springsteen
8. Permanent Waves by Rush
9. Pretenders by Pretenders
10. Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
11. Making Movies by Dire Straits
12. Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
13. Sandinista! by The Clash
14. Ace Of Spades by Motörhead
15. Boy by U2
16. Heaven And Hell by Black Sabbath
17. Dirty Mind by Prince
18. Gaucho by Steely Dan
19. Sound Affects by The Jam
20. Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello And The Attractions