The Balance
by Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya
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Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya bestography
The Balance is ranked 9th best out of 35 albums by Abdullah Ibrahim on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Abdullah Ibrahim is Water From An Ancient Well which is ranked number 10349 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 117.
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The Balance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Balance rankings summary
Overall rank: 52,310th | 2010s rank: 12,980th | 2019 rank: 1,192nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 91 Music Albums of 2019 | 75/91 | 1 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 82 Music Albums of 2019 | 21/82 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | African music | 17/34 | - |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2019 | 9/80 | 5 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Abdullah Ibrahim (ZAF) - Ranked | 17/20 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | South Africa (ZAR/RSA) - Ranked | 19/22 | - |
| 2019 | Jazzwise | Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2019 | 8/20 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 12 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/05/2021 07:43 |  ddeeddles64 | 2,820 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2020 17:35 | Johnnyo | 9,847 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2019 07:45 | byuzak | 3,258 | 79/100 |
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From Johnnyo 01/04/2020 17:35 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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