Black Gold
by Nina Simone
Nina Simone bestography
Black Gold is ranked 24th best out of 48 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 557 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,102.
(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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Black Gold track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black Gold rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 97 Music Albums of 1970 | 35/97 | 3 |
| 2025 |  EyeKanFly | Top 34 Music Albums of 1970 | 11/34 | 4 |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die 100 besten Live-Alben by Musikexpress.de (03/2021) | 65/98 | - |
| 2023 | bloosy | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1970s | 22/60 | 13 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2019 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1970 | 36/39 | - |
| 2017 |  badseed | Nina Simone Albums Ranked | 12/17 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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Black Gold ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/10/2026 16:33 |  junodog4 | 3,006 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 09:25 | Leonard | 6,593 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 08:57 |  Norman Bates | 10,131 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2024 13:42 |  Sandrof1969 | 2,715 | 68/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2024 20:10 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
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 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.7.
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junodog4 06/10/2026 16:37 | #314872
Worth it just to hear her intention of To Be Young Gifted and Black.
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