I Got What It Takes
by Koko Taylor
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Koko Taylor bestography
I Got What It Takes is ranked as the best album by Koko Taylor.
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I Got What It Takes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Got What It Takes 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 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Grymer | Top 33 Greatest Music Albums | 11/33 | 68 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 55/99 | 9 |
| 2025 | Finky | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2023 |  pa | Top 40 Music Albums of 1975 | 4/40 | 5 |
| 2021 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite Blues Albums | 56/100 | - |
| 2020 | pa | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2017 |  Fischman | Greatest Blues Albums | 78/100 | - |
| 2017 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2015 | NoisyBeast | Top 1000 Albums of the 1970s... #601-700 | 42/100 | - |
| 2015 | Finky | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 88/100 | - |
| 2015 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 50/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 116 | |||
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I Got What It Takes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/10/2024 12:33 | TonySayers61 | 25,421 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2023 08:02 | Norman Bates | 10,141 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2021 05:21 | Fischman | 11,855 | 66/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2018 02:18 | TodFitz | 27,373 | 63/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2017 00:42 | Mark6313 | 848 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Koko Taylor was a great blues growler. Lot of good tunes on this album, which I think was her best. She has good band behind her, and the sax player is outstanding and gets a lot of solos. My favorite songs on this album:
- Trying To Make A Living
- I Got What It Takes
- Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
- Be What You Want To Be
- Big Boss Man
- Find A Fool
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