Bongo Rock
by Incredible Bongo Band

Album
Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-00-00
Overall rank: 8,577th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 50 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (145th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,238th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,577th)

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Bongo Rock is ranked as the best album by Incredible Bongo Band.

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Bongo Rock rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,577th | 1970s rank: 1,238th | 1973 rank: 145th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 50 votes)
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 !		03/01/2026 18:44 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  9,05965/100
 
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 !		01/02/2026 01:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,26570/100
 
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 !		11/25/2025 13:40 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,55070/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.


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From Jboy56 12/01/2021 08:37 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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From drakonium 04/09/2014 07:19 in BEA Reviews the History of Popular Music
“Oh, ooooh, I have no idea how I forgot what may be my favorite instrumental album ever : It's kind of funk-rock I guess, but it's definitely funky. Incredible album, like, really. Was on my chart for some time. Very influential on hip-hop too, as Apache is one of, if not the, most sampled track…”
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From drakonium 11/26/2013 06:05 in What's your album of the day?
“Mom's been listening to Norah Jones. I think I'll try one of her albums out. I love her debut. I should appeal to you. The most awesome thing I've recently listened to is : Instrumental funk-rock. I'm posting it everywhere xD”
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From 04/30/2018 15:10 | #213931 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Important, but not really something I'd want to listen to as more than a novelty.
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From 06/18/2021 15:32 | #270834 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
bongos - horns - instrumentals Really?
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From 09/02/2019 15:07 | #242088
Favorite Tracks:Let There Be Drums, Bongolia, Last Bongo In Belgium, Dueling Bongos, Bongo Rock
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From 12/01/2021 08:48 | #276941
No, this is merely a joke.
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From 04/14/2021 21:19 | #268541
BONGO
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