Bass Culture
by Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Linton Kwesi Johnson bestography
Bass Culture is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Linton Kwesi Johnson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Linton Kwesi Johnson is Forces Of Victory which is ranked number 4967 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 284.
(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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Bass Culture track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bass Culture rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1980 | 2/30 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  KitchenSink | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/99 | 12 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1980 | 27/91 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 85 Music Albums of 1980 | 57/85 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 61 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 228 | |||
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Bass Culture ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 14:01 |  Tamthebam | 23,334 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 00:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,716 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:33 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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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 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Bass Culture forum mentions
neilgee 02/12/2026 07:29 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 02/03/2022 02:56 in What album are you listening to right now?Bass Culture comments
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Jboy56 01/23/2024 08:36 | #301412 | TOP COMMENT
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bass bass. With some weed this might me okay, but.. (Edited)
Sandrof1969 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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