Rock City (studio album)
by Riot
Riot bestography
Rock City is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Riot on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Riot is Fire Down Under which is ranked number 13308 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 86.
(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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Rock City track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rock City rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1977 by Metal Storm | 10/12 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Purplepash | Top 21 Music Albums of 1977 | 16/21 | 1 |
| 2024 | saltysurprise | Top 51 Music Albums of 1977 | 50/51 | 0 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | 1977 2ND 100 | 69/100 | - |
| 2023 | Repo | NWOBHM (1979-1984) | 34/59 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 50 Music Albums of 1977 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2020 | vruslov | Top 83 Music Albums of 1977 | 26/83 | 3 |
| 2020 | Repo | Top 34 Music Albums of the 1970s | 1/34 | 20 |
| 2018 | jamesdeansghost | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 1/20 | 23 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 42/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 57 | |||
Rock City collection
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Rock City ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/02/2025 09:55 | Olli | 6,673 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2024 14:49 |  MetalMan67 | 5,957 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2023 13:06 |  DommeDamian | 7,297 | 49/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2023 08:28 | MW19704U | 6,990 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2023 18:26 |  FreakWolfenstein | 3,972 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Repo 01/19/2020 16:54 | #246999
One of the best (& heavier) hard rock albums of the late 70s!
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