Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
by The Robert Cray Band
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The Robert Cray Band bestography
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark is ranked 5th best out of 25 albums by Robert Cray on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Robert Cray is Strong Persuader which is ranked number 3950 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 373.
(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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Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 48 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1988 | 10/50 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Ain't nothing but the blues | 38/64 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top Albums Of 1988 (101 - 200) | 2/35 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 84 Music Albums of 1988 | 42/84 | 3 |
| 2025 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Virginia | 35/37 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Oregon | 21/24 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Georgia | 79/93 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/13/2025 23:08 | cicadelic | 14,275 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 18:43 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2024 03:01 | dhbarrett | 8,882 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
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