Afro-Harping
by Dorothy Ashby

Overall rank: 6,660th | 1960s rank: 505th | 1968 rank: 100th
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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	AAL2014	Top 88 Music Albums of 1968	36/88	3
2026	mttr-in-plc	Top 19 Music Albums of the 1960s	12/19	8
2026	Rm12398	Top 100 Music Albums of 1968	31/100	4
2026	neilgee	Top 100 Music Albums of 1968	30/100	4
2026	Weepingguitarman	Top 38 Music Albums of 1968	36/38	0
2026	Graeme2	Top 55 Music Albums of 1968	50/55	1
2026	jnmayles	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	7/100	93
2025	craola	Top 20 Music Albums of 1968	2/20	5
2025	Johnnyo	Greatest albums of the year 1968 by U R C	46/100	-
2025	Invader666	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	94/100	1
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		30
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		198

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76/100 (from 24 votes)

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65/100 !	06/15/2025 09:57	Invader666	2,622	65/100
75/100 !	02/11/2025 14:55	ssteve	2,628	76/100
100/100 !	01/31/2025 20:22	jnmayles	2,395	73/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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RoundTheBend 06/05/2021 23:33 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition

“1. While this had some really rad elements to it, I couldn't help but just think it was the best lounge music ever, which isn't a great statement in my book. I was really conflicted the whole time. Huh, this is pretty cool... lounge music... hehe. Which is weird because sometimes REM or Beck will…”

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