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 1395 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,219.
(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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/17/2026 16:28 | Gedi | 170 | 84/100 | |
| 01/04/2026 11:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,258 | 70/100 | |
| 11/14/2025 09:29 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,352 | 71/100 | |
| 10/07/2025 10:25 | Scrabbler | 263 | 77/100 | |
| 10/03/2025 18:15 | MarkusKosmo | 612 | 85/100 |
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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 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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paladisiac 10/29/2024 18:35 | #305812
Sometimes he reminds me of Bob Dylan, sometimes Paul Simon. That's a compliment.
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.
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.
this man is a genius, an amazing lyricist and poet on the same level as dylan. glad to see him getting some recognition
Medelsvensson 08/15/2019 18:49 | #241210
There is a version of this album that includes Street Boy and Can't Get Away. Which makes this as good as Cold Fact. Without them, it's still a marvel of musical ingenuity. Rodriguez is just one of a kind.
Absolute brilliance! I often wonder what the world would be like if the rest of the world outside of South Africa and Australia had been listening to Rodriguez all these years!
flamingyesdept 12/04/2017 11:14 | #202601
They are but bonus tracks my friend
Medelsvensson 12/04/2017 10:00 | #202593
Where is cant get away and street boy? Aren't they on this album? WTF
flamingyesdept 01/20/2017 00:36 | #183402
As good as Cold Fact
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