Africa Speaks
by Santana
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Africa Speaks is ranked 21st best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 490 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,479.
(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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Africa Speaks track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Africa Speaks rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 16 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 82 Music Albums of 2019 | 48/82 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 93 Music Albums of 2019 | 92/93 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1d410Arthur | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 90/99 | 10 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 90 Music Albums of 2019 | 34/90 | 3 |
| 2025 |  dihansse | 2018-22 The Rest | 29/77 | - |
| 2025 | Invader666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2019 by ROCKS | 73/100 | - |
| 2020 | Highhopes | Top 43 Music Albums of 2019 | 9/43 | 4 |
| 2020 | WayneMC | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 18/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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Africa Speaks ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/21/2026 22:17 | jon5417 | 4,106 | 68/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 18:48 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2025 15:51 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.6/100, a mean average of 67.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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UofTBlues 08/04/2021 17:26 | #272252
It's not Speaking to me. Perhaps I should give it another listen.
I think it is a very good album from Santana, the combination of guitar with African sounds is awesome.
dihansse 10/09/2019 20:10 | #243593
Very rootsy album with contributions of many African guest singers but every track still has one of these typical Santana guitar parts. Not his best album bit still very enjoyable.
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