Black Country, New RoadBest Black Country, New Road Albums Ranked
8.7
Avg Score
93
Opinions
4
Albums
39
Reviewers
Summary from 93 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Black Country, New Road’s catalog across 4 albums from 93 opinions, with an overall average of 8.7/10. The top-rated Black Country, New Road album is Ants From Up There (2022) with a 9.0/10 average from 29 ratings, followed by For the First Time and Live at Bush Hall. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2021 to 2025. The Place Where He Inserted the Blade ranks as the highest-rated Black Country, New Road song on Rate.fm with a 9.9/10 average.
The Place Where He Inserted the Blade
Black Country, New Road • 2022
Concorde
Black Country, New Road • 2022
Basketball Shoes
Black Country, New Road • 2022
Live at Bush Hall
“magical resurgence by this odd little chamber orchestra”
Ants From Up There
“Things rarely associated with fun: 1) free jazz, 2) math rock, 3) Black Country, New Road. On the London band’s second album there is less of the “fire in a pet shop” jazz than on their 2021 debut For the First Time, but there are still whiplash changes of time signature and songs that take forever to get going. Thankfully, music isn’t just about fun: it can be about creating remarkable soundworld”
Ants From Up There
““The next Arcade Fire – that’s our goal,” experimentalists Black Country, New Road joked at the start of 2020, riffing on the fact that the two bands have sprawling casts (the latter boasted seven at the time) while sounding almost nothing alike. Yet, surprisingly, with their second album, it seems they’ve delivered on that promise. Arriving just 364 days after the band’s debut – and mere days aft”
Ants From Up There
“Everything about Ants From Up There is fascinating and breathtaking. Isaac Wood’s voice is absolutely one of a kind and can convey emotion to an absurd degree. The emotional climaxes on this album are operatic in their grandeur. No song encapsulates this better than ‘Basketball shoes’, a 13 minute swaying epic which builds and releases tension from moment to moment and swells to its dramatic end. Songs like that are what makes music special. Musical talent amongst the band members is thick and heavy with every note measured and played to great effect. I feel personally hurt by Isaac’s ‘retirement’. I hope we eventually see this album get the tour it deserved. Fav song : Basketball Shoes”
For the First Time
“Another album where I have to believe that I’m the issue. There are great moments across it but for the most part I just find it completely dwarfed by Isaac’s later BCNR work Fav song : Sunglasses”
Forever Howlong
“FANTASTIC debut for the new model of BCNR. Saw this live and they’re all genuinely insane. Great album”