Strangers In The Night
by UFO
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Strangers In The Night is ranked as the best album by UFO.
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Strangers In The Night track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Strangers In The Night rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top live albums of all time by Metal Storm | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 26 Music Albums of 1979 | 8/26 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Live Albums | 53/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 88 Music Albums of 1979 | 59/88 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to live albums in 2020 | 26/70 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 67 Music Albums of 1979 | 46/67 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top Rock | 70/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 21 Music Albums of 1979 | 3/21 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1979 | 70/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 127 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 617 | |||
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Strangers In The Night ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 17:59 | abbolton | 77 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 15:17 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 15:06 |  UofTBlues | 3,636 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.6.
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BestEverAlbums 08/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5398): By mrmcrookStrangers In The Night comments
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A fantastic live album that is very easy to just rock out too and have a great time. This is mainly due to the guitar playing which is out of this world and completely steals the show. It is a 1hour 16 minute lesson in how phenomenal the guitar can sound and this makes it a must listen just for that alone. The rest of the performances on the album are also pretty good and I am a big fan of the drum work. The vocal is amazing and has that British edge to it which makes it unique and very relatable to me. The consistency is very good as well and it is so easy to just put this record on and let it play and you will never really zone out from the music. The sound quality is also amazing considering it is live and that usually dulls the recording down a little. Overall, an album I always thoroughly enjoy and needs to be listened to just for the guitar masterclass that is put on display. (Edited)
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/14/2012 20:17 | #55014 | TOP COMMENT
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PEOPLE!!! Please understand how ridiculously good Michael Schenker is at guitar. The man is actually not a man. He is a god. He influenced every heavy metal and hard rock guitar player that came after him. Extremely underrated by mainstream music media. Give this album a listen and you'll know what I'm talking about.
This band (and particularly guitarist Michael Schenker) are criminally underrated in the US. This is the place to start as Schenker puts on a one man guitar clinic with epic live versions of all their best songs up to that point.
Best live album I have ever heard by a distance. My first experience of UFO and was stunned by its brilliance.
God this sounds dated! It should bear a Warning Label that reads: "best before 1991".
Ok. Maybe if it was a hot summer evening, and I was drinking too many Bud Lights with some rural rednecks at a campsite, and we were just getting all loaded, this would be fun to rock out & get stupid to.
Great guitar playing though!!!
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