Giving You The Best That I Got
by Anita Baker

Giving You The Best That I Got by Anita Baker
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 13,138th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (178th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,788th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,138th)

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Anita Baker Giving You The Best That I Got (Vinyl LP)available 6/19/26 brand new
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Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got Elektra 1988 Brand New Sealed
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Anita Baker bestography

Giving You The Best That I Got is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Anita Baker on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Anita Baker is Rapture which is ranked number 3117 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 490.

Anita Baker album bestography « Higher ranked (8,729th)
Compositions
This album (13,138th)
Giving You The Best That I Got
Lower ranked (29,527th) »
The Songstress

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 13,138th | 1980s rank: 1,788th | 1988 rank: 178th

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 27 votes)
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05/11/2026 16:39 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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12/04/2025 11:23 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,61883/100
 
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10/31/2025 18:23 Vitetia  Ratings distribution  378100/100
 
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10/23/2025 22:15 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,41874/100
 
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06/04/2025 21:18 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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From 04/26/2019 19:08 | #235533
Nearly as good as its predecessor, Baker presents another strong batch of Adult R&B/Jazz/Soul songs. "Good Love", "Giving You The Best..." and others show a singer hitting the sweet spot of her career.
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