Heart Of The Congos
by The Congos

Overall rank: 1,074th | 1970s rank: 218th | 1977 rank: 25th
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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	covecove	Top 50 Music Albums of 1977	20/50	3
2026	Graeme2	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	68/100	7
2026	Hayden	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	17/100	82
2026	Hyggevinyl	Top 55 Music Albums of 1977	40/55	1
2026	Graeme2	Top 69 Music Albums of 1977	15/69	4
2026	ERadio	Top 55 Music Albums of 1977	28/55	3
2026	OFarrio	Top 16 Music Albums of 1977	16/16	0
2026	DommeDamian	Top 78 Music Albums of the 1970s	71/78	2
2026	pjerske	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	83/100	4
2026	joathome	Top 44 Music Albums of 1977	40/44	1
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		265
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		1,634

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78/100 (from 265 votes)

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40/100 !	07/21/2026 00:54	xhitmanx	1,604	75/100
70/100 !	05/05/2026 17:33	Steve_Emmett	122	67/100
65/100 !	04/21/2026 00:27	davidleewrong	2,357	81/100

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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 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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From Untitled 10/10/2022 22:59 | #290349

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VictorVale 02/03/2021 12:50 | #265658

Grande material de roots reggae! Mestres!

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From titansaurs28 03/20/2018 17:46 | #211347

Entrancing and gentle but a bit repetitive too.

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From garycottier 11/29/2017 17:45 | #202325 | TOP COMMENT

An excellent record. Brilliantly crafted reggae which is almost hypnotic at times in it's delivery. It maybe slightly overlong but it's a small quibble. All in all, a good album. Totally underrated. (Edited)

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