Alagbon Close
by Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70

Alagbon Close by Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-00-00
Overall rank: 6,356th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (94th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (979th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,356th)

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Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 bestography

Alagbon Close is ranked 7th best out of 58 albums by Fela Kuti on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fela Kuti is Zombie which is ranked number 879 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,974.

Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 album bestography « Higher ranked (5,866th)
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Overall rank: 6,356th | 1970s rank: 979th | 1974 rank: 94th  Overall chart history
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80/100 (from 33 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.


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“and this is just a dense, deep, experiment in a concept which I love. I heard so much brilliance in that first listen, that I need to listen about 2 or 3 more times to unpack it. Its a classic. and Fela in this decade was so freaking brilliant and on a roll it really is mind boggling! I will listen…”
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