Funky Kingston
by Toots & The Maytals
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Funky Kingston is ranked as the best album by Toots & The Maytals.
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Funky Kingston track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/13/2026 16:33 | Neil_71 | 120 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 13:56 | Jakor | 5,434 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 23:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 12,546 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2025 01:57 |  MadhattanJack | 5,935 | 66/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 20:16 | brent13 | 2,089 | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Jboy56 05/15/2023 15:17 | #296971
This funky and smoky, Burning mama...
Larcx13 09/16/2022 23:32 | #289718
Ok but might as well have the 75 version... Or both.. I like them both...
anyway, A
VictorVale 08/31/2021 18:18 | #273129
Viagem sonora a ilha da Jamaica!
planetneutral 01/09/2021 04:05 | #264087 | TOP COMMENT
The 1975 US release, essentially a two-album compilation, includes one of my all-time favorite singles in Pressure Drop and is pretty much everything I'd want in a classic reggae album.
buzzdainer 11/06/2020 22:06 | #260281 | TOP COMMENT
Toots and the Maytals are often regarded as the quintessential roots reggae band, and one of Bob Marley's key influences. I love them, but I did have a bit of a challenge deciding which of their albums to rank highest, especially since there are multiple versions of Funky Kingston that are quite different from one another. My first and only purchase of a Toots album was a compilation that included tracks from both Funky Kingston and In the Dark. In the end, I decided to give the nod to Funky Kingston, as it's the one that most fully captures the fun and soul of Toots Hibbert's vocals and songwriting. Even if you're referring to the original 1972 album under the Funky Kingston name, every song here is a gem.
poppmusic 08/06/2017 08:27 | #195601 | TOP COMMENT
Good stuff, though a bit of a manufactured release. "Pressure Drop" definitely sounds from an earlier era, despite the fact that it is an amazing song. Surprisingly good cover of "Country Roads".
swhaze 12/23/2014 15:42 | #129996 | TOP COMMENT
If you aren't a reggae fan, listen to this album. It may begin to change your mind.
tgarritsen 02/25/2014 14:56 | #104414
What about the original album.
Three charts? How the most celebrated roots reggae album of all time could get such little love is kinda... lame?
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