Who Is William Onyeabor?
by William Onyeabor

Who Is William Onyeabor? by William Onyeabor
(Compilation album)
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-10-25
Overall rank: 4,654th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 52 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (97th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (843rd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,654th)

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William Onyeabor bestography

Who Is William Onyeabor? is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by William Onyeabor on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by William Onyeabor is Atomic Bomb which is ranked number 2871 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 534.

William Onyeabor album bestography « Higher ranked (2,871st)
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This album (4,654th)
Who Is William Onyeabor?
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Who Is William Onyeabor? track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (13 out of 14 tracks have been rated).

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Who Is William Onyeabor? rankings

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Overall rank: 4,654th | 2010s rank: 843rd | 2013 rank: 97th

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78/100 (from 52 votes)
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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 78.3/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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From 01/03/2018 23:47 | #204514
As cohesive as compilations get.

Also, SO FUNKY!!!!
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From 02/03/2017 19:29 | #184854
If you don't feel the groove then you are, in fact, grooveless.

Not sure why our track listing was missing side e & f before... not songs to be missed.

Probably one of the only exceptions I have for listening to artist compilations. Everything here is just so nicely wrapped up and smooth.

RIP William Onyeabor.
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From 10/30/2016 18:22 | #177750
Hidden gem... Would never have heard of this guy if I didn't start listening to Fela Kuti. I don't care that this is a comp - great funky sound throughout.
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From 01/23/2016 18:23 | #157444
If you've got a turntable, it's well worth treating yourself to the vinyl version of this. If not you'll miss out on "When The Going Is Smooth and Good", which if you ask me is the best thing the great man ever did.
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