Making History
by Linton Kwesi Johnson

Making History by Linton Kwesi Johnson
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 18,474th   
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76/100 (from 16 votes)
     
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Award Top albums of 1984 (238th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,453rd)
Award Best albums of all time (18,474th)

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Linton Kwesi Johnson bestography

Making History is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Linton Kwesi Johnson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Linton Kwesi Johnson is Forces Of Victory which is ranked number 4806 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 288.

Linton Kwesi Johnson album bestography « Higher ranked (5,700th)
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This album (18,474th)
Making History
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Making History rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 18,474th | 1980s rank: 2,453rd | 1984 rank: 238th

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76/100 (from 16 votes)
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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 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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From 02/17/2018 16:26 | #208576
Splendido album, molto musicale ma pure con qualche intervento di poesia recitata. Dub, reggae ed anche una spruzzata di jazz.
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