The Score
by Fugees
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The Score is ranked as the best album by Fugees.
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The Score track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 75 Music Albums of 1996 | 47/75 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 45 Music Albums of 1996 | 4/45 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 3 | 12/100 | - |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 47 Music Albums of 1996 | 1/47 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1996 | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 32 America Usa | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 48 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/48 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 96/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 453 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,195 | |||
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| ! | 08/12/2026 11:05 | Mafedere | 784 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 20:31 | JeffN999 | 1,507 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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BestEverAlbums 03/27/2025 20:00 in Album of the day (#5212): The Score by FugeesThe Score comments
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1997 Grammys. The winner was Falling Into You by Celine Dion (Edited)
Were they have cut out much of the talking, and a couple of tracks; (5 & 7, for example) this would have been one sensational album. Even the covers are good; their versions of Ready or Not- reminding me of the inimitable original, & Roberta Flack's "Killing me Softly" - are as good. Their cover of Marley's classic is less impressive. (Edited)
doombringer 02/12/2025 11:16 | #307563
''I used to work at B*****King ...a king taking orders'' - (äine from ''The Mask'')
One of the best debuts in music history , the cover-version are even better than the Originals.
(Killing me softly.... + No woman, no cry) . Essential ! (Edited)
Album Rating: 79.08
(949/12)
Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Score
13.02.1996
1.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Red Intro (n/a) 70 (n/a)
2.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - How Many Mics 72
3.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Ready Or Not 87
4.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Zealots 74
5.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Beast 74
6.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Fu-Gee-La 78
7.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Family Business 77
8.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Killing Me Softly 95
9.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Score 76
10.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Mask 79
11.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Cowboys 76
12.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - No Woman, No Cry 80
13.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Manifest/Outro 81
Ranked in order:
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Killing Me Softly 95
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Ready Or Not 87
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Manifest/Outro 81
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - No Woman, No Cry 80
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Mask 79
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Fu-Gee-La 78
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Family Business 77
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Score 76
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Cowboys 76
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Beast 74
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Zealots 74
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - How Many Mics 72
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Red Intro (n/a) 70 (n/a) (Edited)
TBC…
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Track Listings
1 Red Intro
2 How Many Mics
3 Ready or Not
4 Zealots - Fugees / The Flamingos
5 The Beast
6 Fu-Gee-La
7 Family Business - Fugees feat. John Forté and Omega
8 Killing Me Softly With His Song
9 The Score - Fugees feat. Diamond D
10 The Mask
11 Cowboys - Fugees feat. Outsidaz
12 No Woman, No Cry
13 Manifest/Outro
14 Fu-Gee-La - Fugees feat. John Forté
15 Fu-Gee-La
16 Mista Mista
17 Fu-Gee-La - Fugees feat. John Forté (Edited)
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