Reception
Black Sheep Boy has received very positive reviews. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a score of 86 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim."
The album was ranked #22 on Amazon.com’s Top 50 Albums of 2005 list. The music online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Black Sheep Boy at number 174 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
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