Howl (studio album) by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bestography
Howl is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is B.R.M.C. which is ranked number 2533 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 621.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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04/29/2024 07:30 | NoisyBeast | 13,306 | 74/100 | |
04/12/2024 15:46 | yes340 | 657 | 74/100 | |
03/15/2024 06:00 | JoshN125 | 159 | 92/100 | |
04/18/2023 11:41 | RevolverCB72 | 1,803 | 76/100 | |
03/13/2023 01:15 | PapaShiz86 | 8,646 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club started off playing hard rock influenced by British bands such as Led Zeppelin, but on this their third album the band show other sides of themselves, with several songs similar to those of the young Bob Dylan.
The acoustic guitar is the most dominant instrument, which gives the numbers a crisp sound and the music in general a softer sound. The songwriting is mostly very strong, and the album contains many very fine tracks with inspiration from many different musical genres, such as folk, blues and gospel.
The opening track "Shuffle Your Feet" actually contains elements from those genres, and and works fine as the starting point for the rest of the album. The title-track "Howl" is a very British sounding number - slow tempo with organ and very hymn-like. Nice number.
Almost pure acoustic folk are the songs "Devil's Waiting," "Fault Line", "Restless Sinner" and "Complicated Situation" - all fine tracks, probably with the latter as the most memorable. Bob Dylan must have been part of the inspiration for these songs. "Is No Easy Way Out" is a number that could well have fitted into Led Zeppelin's third album, which was also very folk-inspired.
Other songs sound very inspired by Marc Bolan and T. Rex - this applies for example, "Weight of the World," "Sympathetic Noose" - two of the album's very best - and also the final track "The Line" The very melodic side, almost ballad like, shows on numbers such as "Still Suspicion Holds You Tight" and "Promise." A different BRMC album, but perhaps their most durable.
I'll probably have to give this album another listen, but Ain't No Easy Way is the only memorable track to me. However, I do recall liking the overall feel of the sound itself.
I'm absolutely amazed nobody else has voted for this masterpiece of an album!
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