Forbidden (studio album)
by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath bestography
Forbidden is ranked 27th best out of 47 albums by Black Sabbath on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Sabbath is Paranoid which is ranked number 50 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,723.
(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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Forbidden track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Forbidden rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1995 | 14/50 | 4 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1995 Pt 2 | 59/71 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Rank 'Em: Black Sabbath | 10/10 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Black Sabbath albums ranked best to worst by Classic Rock | 24/24 | - |
| 2025 |  AAL2014 | Worst Albums I’ve Listened To | 32/58 | - |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1995 | 58/58 | 0 |
| 2025 | Repo | 1995: Metal | 25/25 | - |
| 2024 | AAL2014 | Black Sabbath: So Far.. | 17/17 | - |
| 2022 |  phantom1305 | Top 54 Music Albums of 1995 | 53/54 | 0 |
| 2021 |  Boltzmann | metal | 74/75 | - |
| 2017 |  Captain_Dude | RANKED: BLACK SABBATH | 19/19 | - |
| 2017 |  badseed | Black Sabbath Albums Ranked | 22/22 | - |
| 2016 |  Fischman | Black Sabbath Albums Ranked (all lineups) | 20/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7 | |||
Forbidden collection
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Forbidden 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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Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 49 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/21/2025 07:35 | platus | 5,783 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2025 18:53 | LosWochos | 46,643 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2025 04:44 | SeventhOne | 162 | 67/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2025 13:01 | PurplePiePete | 1,729 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2025 15:14 | mostlymor | 6,763 | 79/100 |
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 55.1/100, a mean average of 51.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 51.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.6.
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UofTBlues 12/18/2019 19:09 | #245788
Just a terrible album. Appropriate title.
teague 03/05/2019 16:47 | #233098
This is really bad.
Fischman 12/15/2016 17:12 | #180247
Quite simply the least inspired title to ever be released under the Sabbath name.
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