Concrete Blonde
by Concrete Blonde
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Concrete Blonde bestography
Concrete Blonde is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Concrete Blonde on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Concrete Blonde is Bloodletting which is ranked number 3873 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 382.
(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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Concrete Blonde track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Concrete Blonde rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 80/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 40 Music Albums of 1986 | 16/40 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 59 Music Albums of 1986 | 1/59 | 5 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 13 Music Albums of 1986 | 2/13 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 163 | |||
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Concrete Blonde ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/04/2026 16:58 | TastyandTemptin | 3,193 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 19:59 | Olli | 7,984 | 62/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2025 12:47 | RemainInLight | 3,872 | 36/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.0/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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neilgee 09/18/2025 17:24 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Concrete Blonde comments
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Well this album is criminally underrated (or more accurately, probably overlooked). Maybe I'm biased because it's the best album by my favorite band. I used to think Bloodletting was their best album, but I was wrong. Every track here is gold. The only "weakness", if you want to call it that, is the True instrumental, but it is what it is. The other thing that stands out is how ahead of their time CB were. This album sounds like something from 1993, not 1986 - it took the band several years to catch up to their own sound with Mexican Moon...
TheDude85 10/25/2020 14:31 | #259772 | TOP COMMENT
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Revisited this album after 15 months and I had to increase my rating from 85/100 to 95/100. While Concrete Blonde were just developing their "sound" here it is still a remarkably awesome "sound" nonetheless. Tremendous consistency and Johnette Napolitano is one my all-time favorite vocalists. Love the entire Paisley underground package. You can't go wrong with Concrete Blonde! (Edited)
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