Maya (studio album) by M.I.A.
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Maya is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by M.I.A. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by M.I.A. is Kala which is ranked number 843 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,164.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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75/100 ![]() | 05/27/2023 22:11 | juanr1096 | ![]() | 78/100 |
100/100 ![]() | 03/10/2023 19:05 | grover279 | ![]() | 89/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 03/06/2023 17:42 | ![]() | ![]() | 59/100 |
65/100 ![]() | 02/27/2023 18:10 | ![]() | ![]() | 64/100 |
50/100 ![]() | 01/04/2023 11:54 | NickHewitt | ![]() | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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I also have to add that when M.I.A. makes the exact same album with more filler (Kala) critics cum all over it, and when she does something truly new and innovative the critics have their doubts. Draw your lesson from this: the album that gets the most mixed reviews is probably a masterpiece.

Before Yeezus and anything by Death Grips, just saying...
those chainsaws, the eccentricity, that manic production! M.I.A's third LP "Maya" is a slice of brilliant avant-pop/hip-hop/punk that'll certainly be remembered as the weirdest and most polarising piece of art from one of the most controversial sonic geniuses of our generation. A sorely underappreciated, boundary-pushing album with a great aesthetic, so much swagger and really catchy songs with scathing subtext as well. Everything you could ask from, and far more, from a pop star.

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M.I.A. provides about half an hour of wonderful cohesive music. The rest is often interesting and often irritating layered noise which I only need to hear once.
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