Rock For Light (studio album)
by Bad Brains

Rock For Light by Bad Brains
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 4,013th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 84 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (591st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,013th)

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Bad Brains bestography

Rock For Light is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Bad Brains on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bad Brains is Bad Brains which is ranked number 1172 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,492.

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This album (4,013th)
Rock For Light
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Rock For Light 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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Rock For Light rankings

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Rock For Light ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 84 votes)
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10/10/2025 08:08 melisandre  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 14989/100
 
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04/02/2025 22:21 thepardunk  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,53469/100
 
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02/07/2025 07:33 JamesMowbray  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,17770/100
 
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01/31/2025 18:35 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,72982/100
 
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01/14/2025 04:54 Jameth  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,44868/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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If you want fast and heavy sounding songs, this is for you. Plain fun and anarchy
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From 02/05/2021 05:55
This album has 8 songs from the debut which lack the raw sound of the original. Ric Ocasek who produced was not able to capture the true essence of the band. That being said it’s still Bad Brains in their prime.
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