Social Distortion 
The latest album released by Social Distortion is Born To Kill. This album was released 05/08/2026.
The best album credited to Social Distortion is Social Distortion which is ranked number 2,919 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 531.
Social Distortion is ranked number 888 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,867.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 06/13/2026 22:47 | LosWochos | 7,784 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2025 13:24 |  doombringer | 209 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2024 03:36 | CamCob | 2 | 80/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 5% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 8.4.
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BestEverAlbums 07/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5374): By Dankel BestEverAlbums 05/08/2026 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2026-05-04) (week 19, 2026)Social Distortion comments
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Dankel 11/17/2017 12:11 | #201484
I only got into Social Distortion Seven or Eight Years ago but they had an immediate impact on me and I just wanted to hear everything they had done, love the way they brought country and old time rock n roll influences into their original punk rock style and Mike Ness is a hugely talented song writer.
zags7000 08/18/2015 05:04 | #147894
Uneven band that has created some really great albums like Prison Bound & Somewhere Between Heaven & Hell as well as albums like White Light that did nothing for me. When they're at the top of their game, magic happens.
Larcx13 10/24/2020 22:07 | #259739
A really good punk rock band with country type of roots. Some would call it Cow Punk but I find that's a wack description for such a good band. The only thing negative I can say is a lot of the lesser known songs can sound the same for people who arent fans. But most of their records are really solid. No Pink Floyd genius but all around good stripped down rocknroll.
The greatest punk band ever and one of my favourite rock 'n' roll artists. Just wonderful music.
