Guitar Noir (studio album) by Steve Hackett
Top albums of 1993 (Steve Hackett bestography
Guitar Noir is ranked 24th best out of 41 albums by Steve Hackett on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Hackett is Voyage Of The Acolyte which is ranked number 4691 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 297.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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All 6 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | Top 52 Music Albums of the 1990s | 8/52 | 17 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | Top 7 Music Albums of 1993 | 1/7 | 5 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Steve Hackett (UK) - Ranked | 24/42 | - |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | 100 Amazing Progressive Albums | 38/100 | - |
| 2019 |  Fischman | Steve Hackett Albums Ranked | 3/23 | - |
| 2016 | Tobias273 | Top 71 Music Albums of the 1990s | 69/71 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 03/24/2023 19:50 | LosWochos | | 75/100 |
50/100 | 01/03/2023 06:57 |  zags7000 | | 64/100 |
90/100 | 02/06/2022 08:30 | Junomoogmello | | 78/100 |
85/100 | 07/20/2020 23:27 |  ponkine | | 84/100 |
85/100 | 05/10/2020 19:10 | pctrooper | | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
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In 2022, my comment stated 'I wish I could track this down on vinyl'. Well hallelujah to the vinyl resurgence, I now own this album on vinyl. In fact, when it was released in 93, it wasnt released on vinyl, the technology around that time was all about CD's and tapes hadn't yet had the screws on the coffin lid tightened down. It is without doubt a stunning album and in my view this is Hackett at his best. Most charts put Voyage of the Acolyte in first place, yes, that is a good album, but still very much in the shadow of Genesis, with even the cover artwork reminiscent of Nursery Crime and Foxtrot in some ways. I love Genesis in their own right, so no issue with the journey Steve took, but pound for pound, this delivers nothing but quality tracks. This album still sounds fresh today, where Spectral Mornings (my number 2 Hackett album) is starting to sound a little bit dated.
This is such a good album, I should listen to this more often really. When I had a CD player in the car it was played regularly. I would love to track this down on vinyl, if indeed it was ever released on that format. Worth owning for Take These Pearls and Walking Away From Rainbows Alone.
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