Forces Of Victory
by Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Forces Of Victory is ranked as the best album by Linton Kwesi Johnson.
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Forces Of Victory track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/19/2026 20:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,714 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2025 22:57 | LittleM1971 | 5,969 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2024 16:51 | boppare | 2,863 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2024 23:02 | duelek | 2,041 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2024 15:56 |  Helios | 6,199 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Sandrof1969 02/16/2018 20:43 | #208482
Poesia dub e detta così potrebbe far pensare ad un gran rompimento di balle e invece è grande musica, scarna ma altamente melodica.
Timhop 01/26/2015 17:30 | #132667 | TOP COMMENT
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Good Lord! This was the biggest shock for me on this site: seeing how underrated and obscure this musician/poet is. For so many of my friends here in South Africa this guy was huge. Bigger than Bob Marley.
Here's a story to demonstrate just how much he meant to so many White lefties in SA:
My friend Marc was conscripted into the South African army in the late 80s (as were all of us), but like so many, was deeply disturbed by what was expected of him. After a few months they sent him to a military hospital for a few months for 'psychiatric evaluation'. After which he was discharged...
The only thing that kept him sane in this maddest of mad corners of 1980s SA was the music of Rodriguez and LKJ.
Many years later, he had the opportunity to see LKJ perform in Grahamstown, a small university town in South Africa. Afterwards he burst into the dressing room and on seeing his hero face to face blurted out: "LKJ!!! You saved my fucken life!!!"
To which LKJ calmly replied: "Dat's very cool mon but Ahm busy doin a TV interview here."
Marc hadn't noticed a small film crew set up on the other side of the room!
Great story. This guy was huge here. And this is my favourite album of his. Best songs: Sonny's Lettah, Want fi goh rave, Fite dem back.
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