Refavela
by Gilberto Gil

Refavela by Gilberto Gil
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 8,609th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 19 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1977 (118th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,273rd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,609th)

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Gilberto Gil bestography

Refavela is ranked 4th best out of 46 albums by Gilberto Gil on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gilberto Gil is Expresso 2222 which is ranked number 4480 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 320.

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Refavela track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Refavela rankings

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Overall rank: 8,609th | 1970s rank: 1,273rd | 1977 rank: 118th
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2026Rm12398Top 40 Music Albums of 197728/402
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197763/1002
2026 VictorValeTop 30 Music Albums of the 1970s5/3017
2026 VictorValeTop 85 Greatest Music Albums9/8590
2025FritzTop 20 Music Albums of 19778/203
2025FritzTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s60/1008
2024amirmishaliFavorite Brazilian Albums79/100 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 197787/1001
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 197793/1000
2024amirmishaliTop 54 Music Albums of 19777/544
2023JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 197776/1001
2022WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 197757/1002
2020 bonafiniTop 26 Music Albums of 197713/263
2020brun027Top 50 Music Albums of 19775/505
2019Reppu1976Top 20 Music Albums of 197710/203
2017brun027Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s94/1001
2016sonicdiscourse1977 To-Do List97/97 -
2016CoconutTop 100 Music Albums of 197762/1002
2016WayneMCRolling Stone Brazil's 100 Greatest Brazilian Albums54/100 -
2015 Rockdrigo100 Greatest Brazilian Albums by Rolling Stone (2007)54/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 144
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 19 votes)
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75/100
 
01/07/2026 09:19 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,41470/100
 
75/100
 
11/30/2023 19:05 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,41274/100
 
85/100
 
09/12/2023 21:08 Fritz  Ratings distribution  1,34177/100
 
80/100
 
06/08/2023 12:06 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,33175/100
 
75/100
 
05/28/2023 21:12 Hayden  Ratings distribution  7,77172/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 02/15/2024 15:20 | #302009
As the title implies, this is a more urban record. It's also oriented towards both pop and African-inspired rhythms. Not the best by Gil, but there're a few of good tracks here, my favourite being "Sandra".
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From 05/02/2022 12:14 | #284872
Brasilidade pura!
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