Freedom (studio album)
by Santana
Santana bestography
Freedom is ranked 47th best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 482 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,571.
(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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Freedom track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Freedom rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2019 |  skelter54 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1987 | 40/40 | 0 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1987 | 37/40 | 1 |
| 2015 | fr33wheel1n6 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 24/40 | - |
| 2014 | janiesgun | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 26/40 | - |
| 2014 | blackblui | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 13/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4 | |||
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Freedom ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/02/2025 09:44 |  Sandrof1969 | 2,681 | 68/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2024 18:30 |  MagicSix | 866 | 60/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2023 20:05 | MickLord | 3,967 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2022 03:26 | dhbarrett | 8,228 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2022 11:19 | spinout | 3,204 | 81/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.8/100, a mean average of 62.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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I'm the biggest Santana fan you'll find, but it is hard to really consider this a Santana album. The original sound and quality has been so diluted and dumbed down that it could be any band trying to do rock with a mildly exotic twist. Trouble is, even though the band was named after Carlos Santana, the other original members were almost as important as him, especially Rolie and Shrieve. Once they left it was no longer Santana, the band, more just Carlos Santana albums with varying new session-type musicians. None of the new musicians were innovators, they were just decent musicians who could write fairly good, unambitious soft rock numbers. And Carlos has always had a penchant for ballady, lovey-dovey material, and as undisputed leader after Rolie and Shrieve had gone, there was no one to hold him back, least of all the record company who knew there is a good market for MOR easy listening rock, especially in the late 70s and 80s. This very disappointing effort is the result of all of that.
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