Skull Wars
by The Pirates
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The Pirates bestography
Skull Wars is ranked 4th best out of 10 albums by The Pirates on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Pirates is Skull Duggery which is ranked number 34155 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 24.
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Skull Wars track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (10 out of 12 tracks have been rated).
Skull Wars rankings
Skull Wars rankings summary
Overall rank: 60,596th | 1970s rank: 5,478th | 1978 rank: 567th 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 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | Skulls, Skeletons, Coffins, Churches, Cemeteries | 25/54 | - |
| 2022 |  Dankel | Top 56 Music Albums of 1978 | 21/56 | 3 |
| 2021 | Dankel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 97/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/05/2025 08:48 | Johnnyo | 9,840 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2018 20:19 | TodFitz | 27,371 | 63/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2017 14:18 | Steppenwolf666 | 10,050 | 89/100 |
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Skull Wars forum mentions
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Johnnyo TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/05/2025 08:49 | #311213
As punk as it gets from these veteran rockers. I was fortunate enough to see them live around about the time that this album came out.
Raw, blistering, visceral, brilliant. Great live band (Edited)
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