Believe It
by The New Tony Williams Lifetime

Believe It by The New Tony Williams Lifetime
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 19,873rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 15 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (236th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,450th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,873rd)

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Believe It by Williams, Tony (CD, 2004)
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The New Tony Williams Lifetime bestography

Believe It is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by The Tony Williams Lifetime on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Tony Williams Lifetime is Emergency! which is ranked number 8929 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 138.

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Believe It

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Believe It track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Believe It rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 19,873rd | 1970s rank: 2,450th | 1975 rank: 236th
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2026Steppenwolf666Greatest Obscure Albums By Top BEA Members part 1(1-100)67/100 -
2026 AAL2014Top 94 Music Albums of 197510/945
2026stangetzawayTop 60 Music Albums of 197523/603
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Greatest Music Albums99/1002
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of 197524/1004
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 197527/1004
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s60/1008
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 197545/1003
2024 AAL2014My Favorite Drummers4/69 -
2024 AAL2014Tony Williams/The Tony Williams Lifetime: So Far..1/9 -
2024 AAL2014Jazz/Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock12/100 -
2021PurpleHazelTop 51 Music Albums of 197546/511
2020 FischmanBest Jazz of the 1970s23/100 -
2020 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s29/10014
2020 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 95 Music Albums of 19758/955
2019 FischmanMy Top Jazz Albums of 19756/40 -
2019panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 197588/1001
2017 FischmanGreatest Fusion albums63/100 -
2017panapsalTop 100 albums of the years 1975 - 198017/100 -
2017 AAL2014Modern Drummer's 50 Greatest Drummers of All Time (2014)4/50 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 21
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 53
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 15 votes)
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75/100
 
02/18/2026 22:19 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16772/100
 
70/100
 
12/27/2025 20:49 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,85370/100
 
70/100
 
10/15/2024 22:37 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,36074/100
 
90/100
 
02/28/2024 22:51 stangetzaway  Ratings distribution  2,27784/100
 
60/100
 
09/13/2022 12:31 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,60764/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.

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From 06/29/2020 02:19 | #254695
Love this record. Terrific performances all across the board here. Tony is one of the most tasteful players ever, he gets to spread more of his rock wings here and it results in some of the most interesting patterns you'll try to figure out.
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