They Say I'm Different
by Betty Davis

They Say I'm Different by Betty Davis
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-00-00
Overall rank: 4,554th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 65 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1974 (73rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (746th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,554th)

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They Say I'm Different is ranked as the best album by Betty Davis.

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Overall rank: 4,554th | 1970s rank: 746th | 1974 rank: 73rd
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2026Marswolf68Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s96/1001
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197458/1002
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197479/1001
2026 Patman360Top 96 Music Albums of 197450/962
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 197465/1002
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 60 Music Albums of 197418/604
2026 imacgillTop 39 Music Albums of 197433/391
2026cicadelicTop 76 Music Albums of 19741/765
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s8/10019
2026 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 197440/501
2026 JamethTop 40 Music Albums of 197430/401
2025HyggevinylTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s69/1006
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1974 by Acclaimed Music62/62 -
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 197490/1001
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197448/500
2025 BoltzmannTop 83 Music Albums of the 1970s66/834
2025 WasinskiTop 69 Music Albums of 197443/692
2025HyggevinylTop 65 Music Albums of 19745/655
2025 craolaTop 20 Music Albums of 197415/202
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (58), #0101-0200*13/97 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 68
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 313
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 65 votes)
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03/01/2026 15:21 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,15433/100
 
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02/17/2026 05:04 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,03381/100
 
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04/10/2025 06:03 TescoHomeCooking  Ratings distribution  34877/100

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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 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.

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From 06/15/2023 05:42 | #297606
Pretty ok funk. Sounds quite modern
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From 01/31/2016 23:22 | #158363
If you like hard funk this record is for you. She growls, screeches and let's it all hang out here. This album though is not as good as her earlier material and the songwriting is a bit uneven. If she would have hooked up with a better band she might have produced more material and still be around today.
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From 07/03/2013 04:20 | #80336
Now, here's some nasty funk. She's ferocious!
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