There's No Place Like America Today
by Curtis Mayfield

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 7,313th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (109th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,119th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,313th)

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Curtis Mayfield bestography

There's No Place Like America Today is ranked 4th best out of 25 albums by Curtis Mayfield on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Curtis Mayfield is Super Fly which is ranked number 544 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,177.

Curtis Mayfield album bestography « Higher ranked (4,509th)
Roots
This album (7,313th)
There's No Place Like America Today
Lower ranked (7,756th) »
Back To The World

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Overall rank: 7,313th | 1970s rank: 1,119th | 1975 rank: 109th
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2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 197534/1003
2026 baystateoftheartTop 97 Music Albums of the 1970s48/9710
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 1001-110029/100 -
2026bonnequestionFunk & Soul26/100 -
2026bonnequestionBest albums from '75 to '8438/100 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197592/1000
2026byuzakTop 58 Music Albums of 197532/582
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 197575/1001
2026LittleM1971Top 66 Music Albums of 197515/664
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197538/1003
2025 paladisiac1970s 60rating (60), #0001-0100*13/100 -
2025 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 197596/1000
2025daCriticTop 30 Music Albums of 19753/305
2025 PasticheTop 24 Music Albums of 197518/241
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197548/500
2025 AAL2014Curtis Mayfield: So Far..5/7 -
2025Rolling Stone DeutschlandDie 75 besten Alben des Jahres 197568/751
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s69/1006
2025 drstueyTop 34 Music Albums of 197521/342
2025 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 197512/504
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 83
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 173
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74/100 (from 80 votes)
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12/28/2025 11:52 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70470/100
 
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09/05/2025 22:31 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,09133/100
 
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02/27/2025 06:52 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,79776/100

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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80/100
From 12/16/2021 13:30 | #277564
Great soul album with a distinctive vocals by Curtis and tight overall sound, make this a mandatory listen.
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From 08/03/2021 12:56 | #272207
love soul peace funk soul and God love Curtis
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From 05/05/2021 18:03 | #269389
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.
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From 07/27/2019 18:07 | #240439
Favorite Tracks:Billy Jack, Blue Monday People
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From 02/04/2018 15:09 | #207184
Not on par with Superfly... but then again, what is? I think Mayfield may have struggled to reach the lofty expectations established.
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75/100
From 07/10/2016 14:06 | #171016
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.
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From 06/17/2016 13:15 | #168968
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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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
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14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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