Expensive Shit
by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
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Fela Kuti & Africa 70 bestography
Expensive Shit is ranked 2nd best out of 58 albums by Fela Kuti on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fela Kuti is Zombie which is ranked number 879 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,972.
(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).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Expensive Shit rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 60 Music Albums of 1975 | 57/60 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Frm. Tape to Film and Bck: Notes Twrd. an Asthtcs. of Mscl. Frm. | 27/100 | - |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 35 Music Albums of 1975 | 31/35 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 98 Music Albums of the 1970s | 21/98 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 86 Music Albums of 1975 | 4/86 | 5 |
| 2026 | chavaloricardin | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 32/100 | 65 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 254 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,623 | |||
Expensive Shit collection
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Expensive Shit ratings
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Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 241 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 8 hours ago | pharoahstune | 167 | 82/100 |
| ! | 28 hours ago | OldWiseOne1969 | 160 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2026 16:33 |  DommeDamian | 7,809 | 48/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
Expensive Shit favourites
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Expensive Shit forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5441): By UnliveableWilts BestEverAlbums 08/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5418): By baystateoftheart BestEverAlbums 08/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5400): By BLOExpensive Shit comments
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JoaoMoreira 05/25/2016 03:04 | #166806 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Fela at his best
planetneutral 01/25/2021 03:17 | #265031 | TOP COMMENT
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A step below Zombie, but still a pair of serious jams.
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 (Edited)
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