Heart Of The Congos
by The Congos
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Heart Of The Congos is ranked as the best album by The Congos.
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Heart Of The Congos track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/21/2026 00:54 | xhitmanx | 1,501 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 17:33 | Steve_Emmett | 122 | 68/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 00:27 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 19:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:19 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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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 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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VictorVale 02/03/2021 12:50 | #265658
Grande material de roots reggae! Mestres!
Entrancing and gentle but a bit repetitive too.
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.
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Fantastic
Reminds me of Christmas!
As NoWaxJim says this is 'unmitigated genius'! A great album far ahead of its time.
Graeme2 12/14/2013 16:28 | #97586 | TOP COMMENT
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Good stuff. Make sure to only get the blood and fire reissue of this as others have shoddily reproduced sound compared. The blood and fire one is deleted though I think but worth getting as far superior sound wise. Made iTunes refund me when I got a poor version of this. Grat album.
What is most incredible about this album is how otherworldly and full sounding it is given that it was recorded at Black Ark Studios, a 4-track studio with notoriously basic equipment. This is Perry's greatest achievement and - without meaning to do a significant disservice to the band, whose vocal harmonies and rootsy themes are timeless, and were entirely necessary in coaxing this stunning work from Scratch - The Congos are cogs in a much more impressive machine.
Jimmy Dread 10/03/2011 19:21 | #28003 | TOP COMMENT
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Why no-one else has seen fit to comment on this work of unmitigated genius is beyond me. I've got 3 things to say about this LP - 1. it's one of the only JA LPs you can listen to from start to finish and think "you know what, this is an album, not a collection of singles with a few fillers chucked in" (Jamaican music has NEVER been album-focused, but there's some gems around if you look hard enough, this being the prime example). 2. If you ever need evidence that Lee 'Scratch' Perry is a visionary and the most important thing ever to happen to Jamaican music (bar perhaps Coxsone Dodd) here's your proof. and 3. if your knowledge of 'reggae' (horrid word) goes no further than 'Bob Marley', I strongly suggest you whack this on, pump it up, lie back and let it soak in. It will start you on a wonderful, fulfilling journey, trust me...
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