Acid
by Ray Barretto

Acid by Ray Barretto
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-00-00
Overall rank: 5,706th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (82nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (437th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,706th)

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Acid rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,706th | 1960s rank: 437th | 1968 rank: 82nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 46 votes)
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06/23/2026 23:08 duelek  Ratings distribution  2,20075/100
 
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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 77.3/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.


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“If I were voting today this would be my list: India Nigeria Jamaica Brazil Latin Spain Latin Jamaica Mali Nigeria Hard to avoid comps with this umbrella genre, but I managed. EDIT: Added Slaves Mass, Heart of the Congos, removed New Tones, Red.”
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“From: PUERTO RICO (based USA, or however that works) Ray Barretto - Acid Picked this one off of P4k’s 60’s list. It’s super solid, way better than the only other Barretto album I’ve given a spin (Que Viva La Musica). Looking forward to a revisit, some brilliant instrumentation. From: BELIZE Tribal…”
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