There's No Place Like America Today
by Curtis Mayfield
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Curtis Mayfield bestography
There's No Place Like America Today is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Curtis Mayfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Curtis Mayfield is Super Fly which is ranked number 550 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,121.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 05/08/2026 15:27 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 02:23 | stareaterogni0n | 528 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 09:36 | platus | 5,871 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 11:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2025 22:31 | Proto | 4,218 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Jboy56 12/16/2021 13:30 | #277564 | TOP COMMENT
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Great soul album with a distinctive vocals by Curtis and tight overall sound, make this a mandatory listen.
love soul peace funk soul and God love Curtis
Boltzmann 05/05/2021 18:03 | #269389 | TOP COMMENT
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I love that they put much more sadness in this one. The social commentary (that's already evident from the cover) lands that much harder this way.
Favorite Tracks:Billy Jack, Blue Monday People
junodog4 02/04/2018 15:09 | #207184 | TOP COMMENT
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Not on par with Superfly... but then again, what is? I think Mayfield may have struggled to reach the lofty expectations established.
Tamthebam 07/10/2016 14:06 | #171016 | TOP COMMENT
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A step up from his 2 previous albums both released in 1974 (Sweet Exorcist & Got to Find A Way) There's No Place .... explores the social divide in the U.S.A. in the 50's as well as gun violence (Billy Jack) and love (So In Love) one of Curtis's best love songs. Other great songs are Blue Monday People & Jesus.
One of Curtis Mayfield's best albums. There's no place, is another seventies classic when Curtis was at the top of his game and releasing great LP's. Some great tracks here in, Billy Jack, so in love, and, Jesus. Curtis Mayfield was one of the best artists of the sixties and seventies.
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