Bad To The Bone
by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Bad To The Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 16,469th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 37 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (245th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,225th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,469th)

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George Thorogood & The Destroyers bestography

Bad To The Bone is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by George Thorogood on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by George Thorogood is George Thorogood And The Destroyers which is ranked number 7337 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 173.

George Thorogood & The Destroyers album bestography « Higher ranked (14,394th)
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Bad To The Bone
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Bad To The Bone

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Overall rank: 16,469th | 1980s rank: 2,225th | 1982 rank: 245th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 37 votes)
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04/18/2026 10:46 classicjoe  Ratings distribution  40078/100
 
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08/25/2025 06:23 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100
 
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05/04/2025 12:56 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
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04/08/2025 23:40 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,06577/100
 
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04/26/2024 09:53 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,01371/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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From 10/25/2023 23:54 | #299634
The title track's pretty iconic. With the earlier albums from George, you know what you're getting. And this is as George as you can get.
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From 10/27/2020 23:43 | #259862
Brilliant, the best Thorogood's album and one of the best blues rock albums ever, Ian Steward from the stones worked here, great songs, my favourites is john lee hooker cover New Boogie Chilun, of course Bad to the Bone, As the years go passing by and Blue Highway, you must to listen to......
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From 09/28/2014 03:14 | #122906
Best Track: Bad to the Bone
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From 01/21/2014 04:23 | #101118
Great singles, but the album is lacking.
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