Rock For Light
by Bad Brains

Rock For Light by Bad Brains
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-00-00
Overall rank: 4,452nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 86 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (60th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (642nd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,452nd)

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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 1208 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,446.

Bad Brains album bestography « Higher ranked (1,208th)
Bad Brains
This album (4,452nd)
Rock For Light
Lower ranked (4,917th) »
I Against I

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,452nd | 1980s rank: 642nd | 1983 rank: 60th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 86 votes)
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65/100
 
03/16/2026 20:25 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,52470/100
 
75/100
 
02/01/2026 20:14 sweetness  Ratings distribution  1,12779/100
 
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12/22/2025 19:04 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,30062/100
 
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12/14/2025 06:10 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100
 
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04/02/2025 22:21 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,58769/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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From 04/14/2024 07:30 | #302973
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 | #265801
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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