Israelites
by Desmond Dekker & The Aces

Israelites by Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 19,299th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 20 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (229th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,241st)
Award Best albums of all time (19,299th)

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DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES | Israelites | LP | 180g | 2003 | NM / NM
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Desmond Dekker & The Aces Israelites Orig 1969 US Press UNI 73059 Mono
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Desmond Dekker & The Aces bestography

Israelites is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Desmond Dekker on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Desmond Dekker is Action! which is ranked number 17211 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 63.

Desmond Dekker & The Aces album bestography « Higher ranked (17,211th)
Action!
This album (19,299th)
Israelites
Lower ranked (20,901st) »
007 Shanty Town

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Overall rank: 19,299th | 1960s rank: 1,241st | 1969 rank: 229th
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2026OlliTop 55 Music Albums of 196928/553
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 196976/1001
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1969 by Ultimate Record Collector70/100 -
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 196957/1002
2025 drstueyTop 45 Music Albums of 196935/451
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 63 Music Albums of 196955/631
2025 HaydenMannish Water60/100 -
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of 196940/1003
2024 PatrickDTop 88 Music Albums of 196959/882
2024 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s73/1006
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 60’s (201 - 300) by URC66/100 -
2023Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of 196955/1002
2023 neilgeeReggae Chart24/100 -
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s100/1000
2022 NoisyBeast1968/69 ~ Wish List99/100 -
2022 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s100/1000
2022UncutUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (201-300)66/100 -
2021 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 196959/1002
2020DignifiedandOldTop 40 Greatest Music Albums19/4024
2019Dayved00Top 27 Music Albums of 19695/274
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 55
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 20 votes)
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80/100
 
04/02/2026 09:53 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,00863/100
 
80/100
 
07/26/2025 14:15 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,67977/100
 
75/100
 
06/30/2025 10:30 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,12772/100
 
65/100
 
02/03/2024 19:00 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,72770/100
 
80/100
 
10/20/2023 21:42 Rm12398  Ratings distribution  2,21676/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.

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