Blak And Blu
by Gary Clark Jr.
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Blak And Blu is ranked as the best album by Gary Clark Jr..
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Blak And Blu track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blak And Blu rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 99/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 53 Music Albums of 2012 | 28/53 | 2 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 21 Music Albums of 2012 | 5/21 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to studio albums of 2021 (101 - 200) (To delete) | 68/99 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 6 months in (2 B deleted) | 17/99 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 2012 | 16/84 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Tom Club (Waits`favs+sound-alikes) | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 95/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 246 | |||
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Blak And Blu ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 04:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,601 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 19:04 |  paladisiac | 7,326 | 65/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2026 21:30 | Hyggevinyl | 4,461 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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One of the best blues rock albums of the decade. Mr. Clark has some extraordinary talent, and it's nice to see the genre hasn't died and is in some seriously great hands.
RoundTheBend 07/03/2016 21:29 | #170448
Reminds me a bit of early Lenny Kravitz. But dude's got his own thing too. A bit of R&B, a shit ton of massive guitar tone, and a tinge of pop.
Sorry boys, did not like it at all. I can appreciate that pretty much all of the songs on this album are solid, and there are no stand out, drop dead horrible songs. But, this just did literally nothing for me, the guitar tone is fairly dead I think and the solos and licks sound like they are played by a robot. Same story with his voice, he's clearly a perfectly acceptable voice, but I just didn't give a shit what he was talking. Finally, this album is too long, 70 minutes? Really? Sees excessive mate.
Although the album is not consistently great, the great stuff is REALLY great. Can't wait for his live album
Mdemauri 06/11/2014 17:24 | #114271
As it's been pointed out, the good songs are really, really good. The bad songs are disappointing and misguided. This could've been a modern masterpiece. I can't wait to hear his next album, I hope it's more focused.
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