Bass Culture
by Linton Kwesi Johnson

Bass Culture by Linton Kwesi Johnson
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 5,742nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 45 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (99th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (839th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,742nd)

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Linton Kwesi Johnson bestography

Bass Culture is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Linton Kwesi Johnson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Linton Kwesi Johnson is Forces Of Victory which is ranked number 4814 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 288.

Linton Kwesi Johnson album bestography « Higher ranked (4,814th)
Forces Of Victory
This album (5,742nd)
Bass Culture
Lower ranked (18,431st) »
Making History

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Overall rank: 5,742nd | 1980s rank: 839th | 1980 rank: 99th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 45 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:33 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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03/10/2025 21:41 Norman Bates  Ratings distribution  10,02375/100
 
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02/09/2025 20:08 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,73676/100
 
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05/12/2024 15:26 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,37869/100
 
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01/23/2024 08:48 Jboy56  Ratings distribution  4,26878/100

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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 77.2/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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From 01/23/2024 08:36 | #301412
bass bass. With some weed this might me okay, but..
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From 02/12/2018 17:14 | #207869
Una musica fatta apparentemente con poco, con percussioni derivate dai Last Poets, un basso dub, una chitarra elettrica minimale, a volte dei fiati a ricordare gli Skatalites... Ma anche una musica che da' così tanto...
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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
5. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
6. Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel
7. The River by Bruce Springsteen
8. Permanent Waves by Rush
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10. Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
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12. Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
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19. Sound Affects by The Jam
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