Expensive Shit
by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
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Fela Kuti & Africa 70 bestography
Expensive Shit is ranked 2nd best out of 57 albums by Fela Kuti on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fela Kuti is Zombie which is ranked number 874 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,968.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Expensive Shit track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/24/2026 18:22 | chavaloricardin | 481 | 74/100 | |
| 01/31/2026 13:18 |  MagicSix | 908 | 60/100 | |
| 01/14/2026 23:57 | Untitled | 1,670 | 77/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 00:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,733 | 70/100 | |
| 11/23/2025 07:20 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.0/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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Album Rating: 92.50
(185/2)
12.12.1975
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (NIG): Expensive Shit
1.Expensive Shit. 85
2.Water No Get Enemy. 100
In order:
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (ES) - Water No Get Enemy. 100
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 (ES) - Expensive Shit. 85
Jboy56 05/25/2022 16:30 | #285717
Jam jam
planetneutral 01/25/2021 03:17 | #265031
A step below Zombie, but still a pair of serious jams.
VictorVale 01/24/2021 23:21 | #265026
Fela nunca erra! Que força rítmica!
Fela at his best
JoaoMoreira 05/25/2016 03:04 | #166806
Water No Get Enemy is one of Fela Kuti's finest.
I really like this album. Not my favorite Kuti, but it's still very very good.
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