Based On A True Story
by Fat Freddy's Drop
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Based On A True Story is ranked as the best album by Fat Freddy's Drop.
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Based On A True Story track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Based On A True Story rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/25/2025 11:33 | RemainInLight | 3,642 | 35/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2024 15:48 | cicadelic | 13,580 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2022 23:48 | Moondance | 20,771 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2022 21:16 | Svelte8 | 1,870 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2021 00:24 | Shane | 85 | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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They're never in a hurry with their songs, so if you've only a 2 or 3 minute attention span then you're playing the wrong album. If you're happy to hear something developing, changing, subtle sounds and changes, infused with a cool high-tech soul-dub south-pacific reggae-soul sound then you're onto a winner. fat Freddy are absolutely awesome live, somehow just always get the audience going in a cool grove and band happily takes a good 10 or 15 minutes on a track!
This album is original and catchy.
For people who like to relax this is the perfect music, it is an intergration of jazz, soul, pop, dub and roots creating an unique and brilliant that everyone will love.
Kai Pai
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