Blackout (studio album) by Scorpions

Blackout by Scorpions
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 1,848th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 216 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (32nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (289th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,848th)

Scorpions bestography

Blackout is ranked as the best album by Scorpions.

Scorpions album bestography « Higher ranked This album (1,848th) Lower ranked (2,390th) »
-BlackoutLove At First Sting

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Blackout track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rating: 86 (70 votes)Comments: 3
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 216 votes)
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06/08/2024 18:35 javicho07  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,03081/100
 
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05/22/2024 04:23 Proto  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,07740/100
 
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05/07/2024 01:26 Brandon8  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,00889/100
 
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03/04/2024 17:20 Helios  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,75770/100

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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 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.

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90/100
From 05/18/2024 19:43
Definitely one of their top albums with songs like Blackout, No One Like You & China White. This is heavy with commercial appeal which makes for a quintessential release.
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85/100
From 03/12/2024 16:42
So good when listened when the knobs are turned to south-east.
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90/100
From 06/27/2022 19:26
Post Uli, this is their best most cohesive album.
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80/100
From 03/09/2021 15:43
Entretenimento puro!
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70/100
From 01/22/2017 23:59
Favoritas: No One Like You, Blackout, When The Smoke Is Going Down
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From 03/06/2015 20:24
The Scorpions are just so cheesy, like most hair metal acts.
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From 03/31/2014 15:50
ouh! it's the scorpions. the best-selling music artist from germany of all time. loved and hated. the music on this record is somehow what i would like to call summertime-cabrio-metal. The songs convey an unproblematic state of mind - everything that's importend are the songs and the task of the songs is to amuse the audience. These kitschy shallowness is on the one hand, what makes this record a solid hardrock-album - on the other (imo) hand it's the reason, why this band is hated by so many people.
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From 11/22/2012 06:16
Love this album. Favorites are Blackout, No One Like You, You Give Me All I Need, Now, and Dynamite.
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From 10/08/2012 13:30
Great piece of juicy metal music.
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95/100
From 07/20/2012 15:58
Attention all 80s Metal fans.....GET this album and turn it up loud!
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