Who Is William Onyeabor?
by William Onyeabor
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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 3029 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 507.
(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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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).
Who Is William Onyeabor? rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2013 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | African Albums | 5/50 | - |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 67/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2013 Year in Review | 17/69 | - |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | World | 25/50 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2013 | 50/50 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 52 Music Albums of 2013 | 4/52 | 5 |
| 2026 | LedZep | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 33/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 296 | |||
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Who Is William Onyeabor? ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/13/2026 18:51 | skrapoel | 2,280 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 18:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 10:40 | TheWongs | 854 | 71/100 |
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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 78.5/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5425): By Hayden
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HoldenM 01/03/2018 23:47 | #204514 | TOP COMMENT
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As cohesive as compilations get.
Also, SO FUNKY!!!!
Hayden 02/03/2017 19:29 | #184854 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
junodog4 10/30/2016 18:22 | #177750 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Jimmy Dread 01/23/2016 18:23 | #157444 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Damn that shit is funky!
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