Natty Dread
by Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Bob Marley & The Wailers bestography
Natty Dread is ranked 5th best out of 45 albums by Bob Marley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bob Marley is Exodus which is ranked number 255 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,186.
(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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Natty Dread track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Natty Dread rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 33 America Center | 23/66 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 63/97 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 33 America Center | 31/64 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 94 Music Albums of 1974 | 44/94 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 41 Music Albums of 1974 | 11/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 82 Music Albums of 1974 | 6/82 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1974 | 18/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 299 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,288 | |||
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Natty Dread ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 07:31 | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2026 14:20 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 02:43 | stareaterogni0n | 590 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Natty Dread forum mentions
pedro1976 06/02/2024 11:23 in What album are you listening to right now?Natty Dread comments
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travelful 02/28/2018 01:28 | #209763 | TOP COMMENT
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Not even currently in the top 1200, wow.
Another good Bob Marley. I still think the live version of, no woman,no cry, is far superior, and by it's inclusion on the, legend, compilation it's obvious others agree. Still some other fine songs to be found here in, so jah seh, lively up yourself, and the title track. Great laid back grooves. (Edited)
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/04/2014 16:35 | #126151 | TOP COMMENT
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I really like this album. Bob Marley was an extremely talented reggae artist. I would recommend this to everyone. One of his best.
My favorite of Bob's studio albums. Great songs right through (Edited)
Should be ranked higher (Edited)
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