Super Fly
by Curtis Mayfield
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Super Fly is ranked as the best album by Curtis Mayfield.
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Super Fly track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Super Fly rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 34 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Ever Albums - 1 Per Artist | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 98 Music Albums of the 1970s | 2/98 | 20 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1972 | 4/37 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 25 Music Albums of 1972 | 8/25 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1972 | 5/51 | 5 |
| 2026 |  mutley88 | Best Ever Soundtracks Pt 1 | 70/70 | - |
| 2026 |  Skinny | My record collection (J-P) | 29/83 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 32 Music Albums of 1972 | 7/32 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 528 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,096 | |||
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Super Fly ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/02/2026 17:22 |  Rhyner | 1,738 | 59/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 07:49 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 15:03 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Super Fly forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5463): By arthur237View latest topic →
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Super Fly comments
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swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/28/2014 19:29 | #110265 | TOP COMMENT
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fter Marvin Gaye's 1971 classic, What's Going On, a new sense of social awareness developed in soul music. One of the best aftershocks of What's Going On was Superfly, a 1972 release from former Impression, Curtis Mayfield. Unlike Gaye, who confronted a prism of social issues, Mayfield has his eyes set on the inner cities and the criminal world infused in it.
Unfortunately, this music is't my style and just doesn't speak to me.
I've found myself coming back to this album much more often than What's Goin On, the album that inspired it and is often compared to. Both albums are classics tackling similar themes of the plights of black men living in 60's and 70's America, with What's Goin On talking more generally about the government and all Americans and the Vietnam war, while Superfly explores the criminal underbelly of the black ghetto, and how we are all susceptible to corruption and drug abuse no matter where we come from. Superfly is simply a more enjoyable and memorable album with or without the serious subject matter and lyrics. The production is better too with more emphasis on a full band performance, whereas What's Goin On hones in on Gaye's vocal harmonies and the string orchestra. That being said, this album would probably have been very different and not as good if What's Goin On didn't come first.
The soundtrack to the blaxpotation classic, superfly, it is also a stunning album in it's own right. Fantastic songs, fantastic performances combine to create a wonderful record with tracks such, freddie's dead, pusherman, and the title track. Great stuff, a seventies classic from the great Curtis Mayfield.
I love the vibe of pusher an and the delayed funky guitar chops. Great
Controversial opinion: This is better than What’s Going On.
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