Black Market
by Weather Report
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Weather Report bestography
Black Market is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Weather Report on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Weather Report is Heavy Weather which is ranked number 2696 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 587.
(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 Market track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black Market 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 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 52 Music Albums of 1976 | 5/52 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 67 Music Albums of 1976 | 54/67 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 43/97 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | All That Jazz... | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1976 | 25/88 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 48 Music Albums of 1976 | 13/48 | 4 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 82/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 73 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 353 | |||
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Black Market ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/28/2026 19:24 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 11:04 | cicadelic | 13,998 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 01:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Black Market forum mentions
neilgee 08/01/2025 18:45 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Black Market comments
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Album Rating: 75.29
(527/7)
1.Black Market. 78
2.Cannon Ball. 68
3.Gibraltar. 83
4.Elegant Pepole. 76
5.Three Clowns. 67
6.Barbary Coast. 74
7.Herandnu. 81
IanFrance 03/03/2020 21:31 | #248460 | TOP COMMENT
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It might just be me, but there seems to be an excessive amount of noodling on this album, whether it be vibraphone, synthesizer, fretless bass or anything else. It's not that that makes it a bad collection of tunes, it's just that there is a distinct feeling that, had Weather Report conspired to be a little more focused, we could have had a really great LP on our hands. As it is, it's left on the shelf as merely 'pleasing'. Not a label to be ashamed of necessarily, but certainly not what the band could be capable of.
High Points: Elegant People; Black Market
Skinny TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/09/2015 13:36 | #151223 | TOP COMMENT
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Not quite as strong as my favourite Weather Report albums (Mysterious Traveller, Live in Tokyo, Tale Spinnin'), but not very far behind. Has the same breezy, summery vibe as Tale Spinnin', but isn't quite as successful in its execution, occasionally lapsing into moments that feel a little too formulaic. Then again, songs like 'Cannonball' - with its slinking, retrofuturist synth lines and that famous Shorter tenor sax that slices through the air - exemplify everything I love about the band during this period. Things started to go downhill after this, and I'd say this is the last amazing Weather Report album (even though I have a lot of time for Night Passage, and parts of Heavy Weather). All-round dope shit.
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