Open & Close
by Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70
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Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 bestography
Open & Close is ranked 13th best out of 58 albums by Fela Kuti on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fela Kuti is Zombie which is ranked number 885 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,967.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Open & Close rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 53 Music Albums of 1971 | 48/53 | 1 |
| 2026 | baystateoftheart | My AA Roster: 201-300 All-Time | 40/83 | - |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 58 Music Albums of 1971 | 31/58 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Fela Kuti- So Far.. | 6/11 | - |
| 2026 | baystateoftheart | Top 98 Music Albums of the 1970s | 88/98 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 74 Music Albums of 1971 | 45/74 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1971 | 17/35 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 48 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/04/2026 11:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,283 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 16:25 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/02/2024 22:24 | Olli | 7,940 | 62/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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