Black Gives Way To Blue
by Alice In Chains
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Alice In Chains bestography
Black Gives Way To Blue is ranked 6th best out of 17 albums by Alice In Chains on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Alice In Chains is Dirt which is ranked number 200 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,477.
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Black Gives Way To Blue track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black Gives Way To Blue rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 23 Music Albums of 2009 | 6/23 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 78 Music Albums of 2009 | 49/78 | 2 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 35 Music Albums of 2009 | 20/35 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 80 Music Albums of 2009 | 64/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 27 Music Albums of 2009 | 9/27 | 4 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 98 Music Albums of the 2000s | 41/98 | 12 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 88/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 102 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 327 | |||
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Black Gives Way To Blue ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | AlexandreSilva | 139 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2026 10:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,517 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 13:21 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Black Gives Way To Blue forum mentions
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Black Gives Way To Blue comments
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lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/18/2012 01:44 | #42618 | TOP COMMENT
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Great album, AIC returned in fine form, even without Layne. I hope they put out many more albums if this is the kind of thing we can expect.
Decent enough album. It's no Facelift or Dirt but worth a listen. (Edited)
Black Gives Way To Blue and When The Sun Rose Again were the highlights for me. (Edited)
I was surprised by the quality of this album! I didn't think they could do something to match Dirt and Facelift, but this album really kept the high quality! Greetings from a fan from Brazil! (Edited)
An OK album. Overproduced, yes. But none of the tunes really sucked. Or maybe they did but i didn't see it. I guess the downfall of this album is that many of the songs were one-trick, but the production blocked my lower ratings.
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