Babylon By Bus (live album)
by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Babylon By Bus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
(Live album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 4,435th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 119 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (79th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (745th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,435th)

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Bob Marley & The Wailers bestography

Babylon By Bus is ranked 11th best out of 45 albums by Bob Marley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bob Marley is Exodus which is ranked number 263 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,233.

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Babylon By Bus rankings

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Overall rank: 4,435th | 1970s rank: 745th | 1978 rank: 79th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 119 votes)
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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 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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90/100
From 08/12/2022 20:02 | #288426
Highly recommended the remaster cd box set that is cheap to pick up. Excellent remasters of all his albums. This one sounds exceptional. Bass right where it should be and the music sounding fantastic. Apparently the original record has a high quality sound anyways. Forget the shitty 90s/80s CDs of Marley and put this on with a nice Cuba libre. Nice
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From 07/25/2017 16:40 | #194893
Just slightly short of the classic, Live!, album. Still, this is an excellent live document of Bob Marley at the peak of his powers. Very, very good.
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From 01/04/2017 12:01 | #181712
Well, its Bob Marley - Live.
Anyone who appreciates roots should have a hear.
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From 03/26/2016 11:56 | #162642
This record is a great live recording. Probably their best record.
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From 07/23/2013 23:45 | #82239
The best Bob Marley live album, in my opinion. The War/No More Trouble medley is so epic.
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From 04/04/2013 12:02 | #71341
Marley is the only artist whos live recordings I prefer over studio..........proves his genius as musician
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