The Belle Album
by Al Green

The Belle Album by Al Green
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 13,287th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 41 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (165th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,791st)
Award Best albums of all time (13,287th)

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Al Green bestography

The Belle Album is ranked 7th best out of 37 albums by Al Green on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Al Green is Call Me which is ranked number 1558 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,094.

Al Green album bestography « Higher ranked (12,873rd)
Al Green Gets Next To You
This album (13,287th)
The Belle Album
Lower ranked (15,357th) »
Al Green Is Love

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The Belle Album rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,287th | 1970s rank: 1,791st | 1977 rank: 165th
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 90 Music Albums of 197762/902
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 197739/1003
2026cicadelicTop 69 Music Albums of 197729/693
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 197769/1002
2026LittleM1971Top 60 Music Albums of 197745/601
2025 drstueyTop 46 Music Albums of 197729/462
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197730/502
2025ElauqsapidTop 54 Music Albums of 197725/543
2025 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 197756/1002
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1977 by Ultimate Record Collector34/44 -
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1977 by Acclaimed Music39/65 -
2025MaxStorm98Top 56 Music Albums of 197751/561
2024JakorTop 100 Music Albums of 197733/1003
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (201 - 300) by U R C84/100 -
2023ArnaudDTop 50 Music Albums of the 1970s45/502
2023WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s (201-300)84/100 -
2023 seb7Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s60/1008
2023cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 197710/30 -
2023JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 197798/1000
2022WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 197747/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 32
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 87
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The Belle Album ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 41 votes)
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80/100
 
04/20/2026 08:23 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,62573/100
 
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01/07/2026 01:42 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58370/100
 
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10/23/2025 18:02 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72464/100
 
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09/20/2025 12:07 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,30985/100
 
80/100
 
05/12/2025 21:32 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,18774/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.6.

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From 07/04/2016 16:59 | #170511
Possibly Al Green's best album. It's certainly a consistent record and it's also his most interesting record.
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