Living In Darkness
by Agent Orange
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Living In Darkness is ranked as the best album by Agent Orange.
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Living In Darkness track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Living In Darkness rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 63 Music Albums of the 1980s | 54/63 | 3 |
| 2026 | jnmayles | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 26 |
| 2026 | CjHubb117 | Top 27 Music Albums of the 1980s | 13/27 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 701-800 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | TitoVampir | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 17/40 | 59 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 14 Music Albums of 1981 | 7/14 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1981: Punk | 9/33 | - |
| 2026 |  LedZep | cool stuff | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 80 Music Albums of 1981 | 24/80 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 86 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 392 | |||
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Living In Darkness ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/16/2026 12:38 | TitoVampir | 197 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 22:50 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/24/2026 13:30 | cicadelic | 14,010 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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Living In Darkness forum mentions
Repo 04/27/2024 15:15 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sacred Cow Romanelli 01/22/2024 20:34 in What album are you listening to right now?
Purplepash 03/09/2022 10:13 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionLiving In Darkness comments
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Great punk record and one of my favorites. Back in 2014, when Pandora was more of a thing, I heard this on there (remember that)? This, the Descendents debut, and Adolescents debut all served as a springboard that got me into punk in my formative years.
It's fast, catchy, and simple. There's no crazy experimentation and its high accessibility lends it as a great gateway for classic punk. The rather thin and no frills production/sound definitely feels 80's but it still kicks ass today. Good songwriting and playing is timeless.
Favs: All the tracks. (Edited)
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2021 06:28 | #263638 | TOP COMMENT
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One of my favorite punk albums this is a cut above due to the musicianship and world view. (Edited)
timtooky 03/27/2014 20:08 | #107807 | TOP COMMENT
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feral, impulsive, powerful punk. needed to listen to it 2-3 times. first impression was a bit monotonous, but as i arrived at "the last goodbye" the vocals suddenly clicked on me. so i decided to listen to it once again - and it worked out. a really likeable record.
great skating music love it (Edited)
Most underratted punk album I can think of because of its lyrical depth (for punk) and not clean, but catchy musicianship. Not a bad track on here (Edited)
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