Danzig
by Danzig

Album
Danzig by Danzig
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-08-30
Overall rank: 2,726th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 113 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (36th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (400th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,726th)

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Danzig bestography

Danzig is ranked as the best album by Danzig.

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Danzig track list

  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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1.
Twist Of Cain
Average Rating: 81 (36 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
Not Of This World
Average Rating: 78 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
She Rides
Average Rating: 77 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Soul On Fire
Average Rating: 78 (25 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Am I Demon
Average Rating: 78 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
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Mother
Average Rating: 86 (49 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
Possession
Average Rating: 73 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
End Of Time
Average Rating: 75 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
The Hunter
Average Rating: 76 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Evil Thing
Average Rating: 75 (23 votes)Comments: View 0

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Danzig rankings

Danzig rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,726th | 1980s rank: 400th | 1988 rank: 36th  Overall chart history
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Danzig ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 113 votes)
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80/100
 !		43 hours ago Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,74675/100
 
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 !		09/19/2026 22:06 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,13677/100
 
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 !		09/06/2026 16:39 Sentido  Ratings distribution  35284/100

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Danzig forum mentions

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From mrmcrook 09/19/2026 22:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Danzig comments

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From 03/01/2018 18:38 | #209870 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Nothing groundbreaking but undeniably likeable...
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From 01/16/2025 13:06 | #307044 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Likeable and perhaps not as heavy as I thought... Still ok (Edited)
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From 09/19/2026 22:09 | #316134 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Danzig's fucking marvelous. Decent debut. Some cracker songs on this. For me, 'Am I Demon' is the pinnacle. A great thing with him is that the next album he did after this was even better, and the album he did after that was better still. That's some pretty top notch stuff right there. Good old Glenn.
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