Raising Hell
by Run-D.M.C.
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Raising Hell is ranked as the best album by Run-D.M.C..
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Raising Hell track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Raising Hell rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1986 | 3/54 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 1986 | 15/40 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Strangel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1986 by Acclaimed Music | 5/53 | - |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 86/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1986 | 46/77 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 46 Music Albums of 1986 | 12/46 | 4 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s Pt 4 | 26/59 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 352 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,409 | |||
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Raising Hell ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/03/2026 18:01 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2026 08:50 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,834 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2026 19:34 | Mafedere | 831 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Raising Hell forum mentions
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llibnanoon 06/25/2020 14:08 | #254491 | TOP COMMENT
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This album and Licensed To Ill by the Beastie Boys bring back some many memories of High School. Both records are a perfect and play together well as a mix. (Edited)
ace2455 12/02/2008 07:22 | #1981 | TOP COMMENT
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I am not a fan of “Rap”, but this old school stuff rocks. To be honest I probably wouldn’t have bought this tape when I was a kid if it weren’t for the Aerosmith/Run DMC collaboration of Walk This Way. C’mon I am a rocker! But after many, many, many, many weeks of sitting on my front porch jamming to this one, I must admit these pioneers of rap have become a part of my musical past.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/16/2012 21:11 | #35344 | TOP COMMENT
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Run D.M.C. was probably the first rap group (or rappers, for that matter) that consistently put out dope raps, popularizing the budding music genre. This album, their best, was probably THE album that introduced white american masses to the heretofore black genre (save the beasties, of course) via the rap/rock jam "walk this way" (which also put aerosmith back on the radio). Other tracks to sample are "my adidas" and "it's tricky".
The rap album that started it all. Prior to this one, rap was more a fringe element on the music scene. These guys made it cool.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/02/2014 21:11 | #115864 | TOP COMMENT
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Aerosmith have a lot to thank run dmc for. They got a 2nd career on the back of this.
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