Kaya
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Bob Marley & The Wailers bestography
Kaya is ranked 8th best out of 45 albums by Bob Marley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bob Marley is Exodus which is ranked number 254 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,208.
(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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Kaya track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Kaya rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 10 Music Albums of 1978 | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1978 | 2/20 | 5 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1978 | 19/57 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 55 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/55 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 58 Music Albums of 1978 | 35/58 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 45/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 215 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 606 | |||
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Kaya ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 00:50 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 18:02 | Jakor | 5,545 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 02:47 |  AAL2014 | 4,298 | 75/100 |
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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 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 46 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5441): By UnliveableWilts
pedro1976 06/24/2026 11:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 04/20/2026 16:12 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Kaya comments
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VictorVale 07/08/2022 12:57 | #287197
A influência desse álbum, especialmente no Brasil!
Graeme2 09/05/2020 22:45 | #257795 | TOP COMMENT
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I have some late 80s or 90s cd version. I guess the remastered version sounds better, just like remastered Exodus. This version I'm listening to is the style marketed to the white rock and pop audience of the 70s/80s. Basically, no bass. Who ever thought there was any point of reggae with the bass turned down? Still, it's a good album and sun is shining has just about enough bass on it. Bass should be wrecking these great tracks.
Just so relaxing, this is the album most of the people think Bob Marley is. (Edited)
travelful 02/28/2018 05:41 | #209774 | TOP COMMENT
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A year after his wildly successful and iconic Exodus record, Marley follows up with a warm album with some great songs, it just comes off a little too commercial.
One of the most consistent Bob Marley LP's. Kaya, features some Marley classics in, easy skanking, is this love, satisfy my soul, and, misty morning. The run of Island albums in the seventies are essential for any music fan.
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