Aura
by King Sunny Adé & His African Beats
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King Sunny Adé & His African Beats bestography
Aura is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by King Sunny Adé & His African Beats on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by King Sunny Adé & His African Beats is Juju Music which is ranked number 5093 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 275.
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Aura rankings summary
Overall rank: 62,059th | 1980s rank: 6,868th | 1984 rank: 658th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 40 Music Albums of 1984 | 28/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1701-1800 | 70/100 | - |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 53 Music Albums of 1984 | 26/53 | 3 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1984 | 6/50 | - |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | 1982-85 ~ Wish List | 81/99 | - |
| 2022 | WayneMC | Top 75 Music Albums of 1984 | 61/75 | 1 |
| 2016 | sonicdiscourse | 1984 To-Do List | 13/94 | - |
| 2015 | vmp | Top 60 Music Albums of 1984 | 59/60 | 0 |
| 1984 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1984 | 73/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2024 15:57 | cicadelic | 14,205 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2024 10:52 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2020 19:07 | mostlymor | 7,046 | 79/100 |
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From Romanelli 07/02/2016 12:13 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mexican Moon
Romanelli 07/02/2016 12:13 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mexican Moon“223 KING SUNNY ADE & HIS AFRICAN BEATS AURA 1984-MANGO Produced By MARTIN MEISSONNIER & KING SUNNY ADE 1. Ase 2. Gboromiro 3. Ogunja 4. Oremi 5. Ire 6. Iro Back in the 80's, King Sunny Ade was marketed as the next Bob Marley. It didn't work. Ade's Juju muisc was a completely different animal than…”
View post →“This album of Juju music is really great, and features some nice harmonica work by Stevie Wonder on the opening track.”
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