Black Acetate
by John Cale
John Cale bestography
Black Acetate is ranked 18th best out of 42 albums by John Cale on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Cale is Paris 1919 which is ranked number 763 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,254.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Black Acetate track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/15/2026 04:31 | PapaShiz86 | 11,481 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2024 12:26 | cicadelic | 13,157 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2023 17:12 | LosWochos | 47,265 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2023 06:00 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2022 04:34 |  Arthurknight | 9,591 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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Crumpet 07/28/2018 15:18 | #218873
While not as experimental as Cale’s previous albums ‘Walking on Locusts’ and ‘Hobosapiens’, this album is much more consistent. It has no real low points and also has a few highs, my favourite tracks being ‘Woman’, ‘Satisfied’, ‘Out of the Bag’, the last two tracks and, my favourite, ‘Perfect’.
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