Tom Zé (1972)
by Tom Zé
Tom Zé bestography
Tom Zé (1972) is ranked 5th best out of 23 albums by Tom Zé on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Zé is Estudando O Samba which is ranked number 6496 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 199.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Tom Zé (1972) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tom Zé (1972) rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Tom Zé: So Far.. | 4/4 | - |
| 2025 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | amirmishali | Favorite Brazilian Albums | 69/100 | - |
| 2024 | flacoarevalo | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 31 |
| 2020 |  bonafini | Top 29 Music Albums of 1972 | 27/29 | 1 |
| 2020 | brun027 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1972 | 22/50 | 3 |
| 2018 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 95/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
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Tom Zé (1972) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/02/2026 20:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,199 | 70/100 | |
| 06/25/2025 03:17 | AAL2014 | 3,668 | 75/100 | |
| 06/22/2023 21:53 | TonySayers61 | 23,982 | 64/100 | |
| 04/11/2022 14:02 | heybabyxxx | 51 | 88/100 | |
| 06/24/2021 02:12 | Moondance | 20,213 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Another beautiful and humorous album by the classically trained composer from Bahia. It's mostly samba; also, his last musically conventional record before his bold experimental period.
The lyrics are already out there: one describes a verbal dispute between two traditional buildings in central São Paulo; another praises the aphrodisiac properties of a pineapple variety grown in his hometown.
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