Viva Boma
by Cos
Cos bestography
Viva Boma is ranked as the best album by Cos.
(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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Viva Boma track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Viva Boma rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Wasinski | Top 70 Music Albums of 1976 | 43/70 | 2 |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | 1976 5TH 100 | 55/100 | - |
| 2022 |  IlMala | Top 40 Music Albums of 1976 | 29/40 | 2 |
| 2020 | panapsal | My 100 favorite Progressive Rock Albums of all time | 73/100 | - |
| 2020 | zonrod | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 24 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 98 Music Albums of 1976 | 78/98 | 1 |
| 2017 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2012 | zonrod | Top 50 Music Albums of 1976 | 2/50 | 5 |
| 2012 | zonrod | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 7/100 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 56 | |||
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Viva Boma ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/14/2026 16:12 | Fischman | 11,856 | 66/100 | |
| 01/16/2026 21:32 | luiz | 57 | 78/100 | |
| 04/30/2025 13:15 |  Liedzeit | 2,388 | 74/100 | |
| 03/17/2024 16:08 | TonySayers61 | 24,351 | 64/100 | |
| 08/13/2022 12:45 | Steppenwolf666 | 9,941 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Often referred to as the Belgian answer to Zao, they offer a mixture of prog rock, jazz and Canterbury styles, drawing their influences mainly from Magma, King Crimson, Hatfield and The North, and of course, Zao. This album has lots of drums and percussion, the vocal melodies are fantastic as the piano comes in. The female singer Pascale Son uses nonsense syllables to suggest a semblance of language. The Cos debut album "PostaeolianTrain Robbery" is very good too.
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