Black Light (studio album)
by John McLaughlin
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John McLaughlin bestography
Black Light is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by John McLaughlin on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John McLaughlin is Extrapolation which is ranked number 10652 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 111.
(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 Light track list
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Black Light rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 92 Music Albums of 2015 | 51/92 | 2 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 25 Music Albums of 2015 | 2/25 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 9/100 | 18 |
| 2024 | stangetzaway | Favourite Jazz Albums | 35/100 | - |
| 2022 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2018 |  Tha1ChiefRocka | Top 70 Music Albums of 2015 | 41/70 | 2 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Jazz of the 2010s | 47/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 43 | |||
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Black Light ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/27/2024 23:08 | Pluto11 | 11,732 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2024 14:11 | LosWochos | 46,650 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2021 23:48 | Skerns | 5,055 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/02/2018 21:21 | TodFitz | 27,325 | 63/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2018 16:33 | morphee | 1,188 | 84/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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I think this is in the best 2 or 3 albums of the decade so far. Don't miss the boat on this one. A treasureable jazz/rock alchemy. Completely ignored by pitchfork of course but also unreviewed by the authoritive (allegedly) allmusic site. Only learned about black light after seeing a ★★★★★ review in a local newspaper. 12 bucks something on
amazon and worth every cent. I'd give it a 9.65
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