Live!
by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 With Ginger Baker

Live! by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 With Ginger Baker
(Live album)
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-00-00
Overall rank: 5,334th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 51 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1971 (88th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (854th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,334th)

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Live! is ranked as the best album by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 With Ginger Baker.

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Overall rank: 5,334th | 1970s rank: 854th | 1971 rank: 88th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 51 votes)
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05/12/2026 00:51 ThaCrookedSpoke  Ratings distribution  49380/100
 
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01/04/2026 07:07 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,05770/100
 
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11/21/2025 14:17 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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10/12/2025 04:22 RockingRoll666  Ratings distribution  1,67973/100
 
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06/15/2025 09:08 Invader666  Ratings distribution  2,62265/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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From 06/18/2021 12:07 | #270790
African style drums and funk at the very forefront with extended Ginger Baker drum solo
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From 01/08/2018 00:14 | #204948
My kind of instrumental album, live and on fire.
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From 08/21/2017 20:26 | #196483
Incredibly well performed. Baker is a madman.
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