Ken Dou Werente
by Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar

Ken Dou Werente by Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 10,478th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (128th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,487th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,478th)

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Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar bestography

Ken Dou Werente is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Orchestra Baobab on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Orchestra Baobab is Specialist In All Styles which is ranked number 9823 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 122.

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Overall rank: 10,478th | 1980s rank: 1,487th | 1983 rank: 128th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 68 Music Albums of 198326/683
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19839/1005
2026 RepoTop 99 Music Albums of 198262/99 -
2025 RepoTop 55 Music Albums of the 1980s36/557
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s28/10015
2025 greatsonTop 48 Music Albums of 198236/48 -
2025byuzakTop 45 Music Albums of 198242/45 -
2025platusTop 8 Music Albums of 19836/82
2025 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s68/1007
2025JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198315/1004
2025ThuramThugoodTop 8 Music Albums of 19831/85
2024cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198293/100 -
2024Albumlover6789Top 99 Greatest Music Albums28/9958
2023cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 200217/90 -
2022 covecoveDiamonds In The Rough...55/100 -
2022 EyeKanFly1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (part 7)35/100 -
2022 CardboardfolderTop 41 Music Albums of 198224/41 -
2022BassCadetTop 70 Greatest Music Albums59/7011
2021stereo_mikeTop 25 Music Albums of 198222/25 -
2021panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 198298/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 27
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 113
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75/100
 
1 hour ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,97470/100
 
75/100
 
01/21/2025 11:22 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,40469/100
 
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11/24/2024 13:32 samora  Ratings distribution  7575/100
 
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10/25/2024 17:50 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,97469/100
 
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11/26/2023 11:23 ThuramThugood  Ratings distribution  3,02967/100

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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 75.5/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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Rating:  
85/100
From 11/26/2023 10:39 | #300148
Album Rating: 80.67
(484/6)

1983

Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar: Ken Dou Werente

1.Coumba. 73
2.Lady Jibel. 76
3.Utru Horas. 92
4.Werente. 84
5.Ray Mbele. 84
6.Undiya. 75
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60/100
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This album is better known to most people as Pirates Choice: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=212614
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95/100
From 02/02/2022 20:58 | #280490
Outstanding album, filled with different moods and a very peculiar character. Great stuff!
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