Borboletta
by Santana
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Santana bestography
Borboletta is ranked 13th best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 474 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,556.
(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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Borboletta track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Borboletta rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 49/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1974 | 32/49 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1974 | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1974 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Best of The 70s Pt.2 (101-200) | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 68 Music Albums of 1974 | 56/68 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 89 | |||
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Borboletta ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/24/2026 06:40 | juanr1096 | 6,340 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 16:52 | matterhornrider | 5,182 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 12:38 | marcoserra1966 | 883 | 59/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Borboletta forum mentions
Romanelli 07/01/2025 17:10 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
UofTBlues 04/09/2020 11:08 in What album are you listening to right now?Borboletta comments
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/11/2016 22:00 | #168475
One of Santana's softer albums full of atmosphere and very underrated.
One thing I want to point out is that I love this album cover so much. I do love how the cover artist manipulates the wings of the butterfly and makes it look like that the viewer is in a cavern looking at a crystal mural while retaining the tropical spanish heritage of Santana as well as the delicious Jazz funk fusion of the decade. I've been missing out on his work.
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