Coming From Reality
by Rodriguez
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Rodriguez bestography
Coming From Reality is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Rodriguez on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rodriguez is Cold Fact which is ranked number 1504 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,134.
(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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Coming From Reality 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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Coming From Reality 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 | wizardalien | Greatest Albums 101-200 | 74/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | BLO | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 35/100 | 63 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Overseas Albums | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 74 Music Albums of 1971 | 48/74 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1971 4TH 100 | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 91/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 85 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 424 | |||
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Coming From Reality ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Toffuey | 490 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 18:03 | RemainInLight | 3,748 | 35/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 14:30 | xhitmanx | 1,573 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5400): By BLOComing From Reality comments
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What a woefully, incredibly, stunningly under appreciated album.
paladisiac 10/29/2024 18:35 | #305812
Sometimes he reminds me of Bob Dylan, sometimes Paul Simon. That's a compliment. (Edited)
Jboy56 03/24/2023 15:56 | #295374
A stunner
I remember playing this album (Coming From Reality) & Cold Fact repeatedly while living in the western suburbs of Sydney from late 74 onwards. I loved (& still love) both albums. I didn't know that outside a few countries (notably Australia & South Africa), Sixto was a relative unknown and his lack of commercial success led him to move away from the music industry by the time I was really getting into him. I did wonder every now & then what happened to him as I would play CFR & CF several times a year as the years rolled by. Then (more than 35 years later), 'Searching For Sugarman' happened in early 2010's and all was revealed ~ I recall sitting in the darkened cinema and watching SFS, singing along (quietly) with tears of joy streaming from my eyes - such a beautiful story. Then, the icing on the cake for my personal journey with Sixto, was being in NYC on 9 October 2013 and seeing him perform live at the Barclay Theatre, Brooklyn. While CFR & CF are both exceptional albums, two songs on CFR (I Think Of You & Silver Words) tilt the balance (for me) towards Coming From Reality. (Edited)
Beautiful album. Shame we only got two studio albums from this guy - he's a genius. The bonus tracks from the re-release are great too (Street Boy, I'll Slip Away). My favourite off the album is To Whom It May Concern.
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