The Will To Live
by Ben Harper
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Ben Harper bestography
The Will To Live is ranked 5th best out of 16 albums by Ben Harper on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ben Harper is Fight For Your Mind which is ranked number 7546 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 171.
(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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The Will To Live track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Will To Live 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 | blueandthemoon | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 66/90 | 1 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 38 Music Albums of 1997 | 20/38 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | L'Indic 1997 Le choix des critiques | 20/51 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | JoshN125 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 43 Music Albums of 1997 | 9/43 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 82 | |||
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The Will To Live ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/30/2026 21:58 | Svelte8 | 1,942 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 21:59 | mrmcrook | 1,143 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 03:53 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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The Will To Live comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/05/2013 19:23 | #64111
Less poppy, more rootsy. Harper takes a nice turn.
Good variety and range in his style. Quite the guitar king, from rocking to melancholic flow and everything in between. My favorite album from him. (Edited)
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