Rapture
by Anita Baker
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Anita Baker bestography
Rapture is ranked as the best album by Anita Baker.
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Rapture track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rapture rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 1986 by U R C | 16/40 | - |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1980s | 47/80 | 9 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1986 by Acclaimed Music | 13/53 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 48 Music Albums of 1986 | 20/48 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1986 | 42/54 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1986 | 39/58 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 19/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 1980s, #401-500* | 12/35 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 121 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 487 | |||
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Rapture ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/04/2026 16:08 |  Tamthebam | 23,329 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 23:54 | Rivera | 2,053 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 22:11 | AledJames | 1,712 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Rapture forum mentions
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Rapture comments
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TheDude85 04/26/2019 19:05 | #235532 | TOP COMMENT
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A great combination of Jazz and Soul, vocalist Anita Baker set the standard for 1980-1990's singers. "Rapture" was deservedly a big hit on the R&B charts and the Pop Charts with glorious singles like "Sweet Love", "No One In The World", and the title cut. A divine listen which bears repeated plays.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/18/2016 20:35 | #177109 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best soul albums of all time. Anita Baker has an amazing voice jazzy and emotional. This is her best album every track is a winner the best being Sweet Love, Rapture, Same Old Love & U Bring Me Joy. Compositions is another great album of hers. (Edited)
planetneutral 01/26/2021 02:46 | #265123 | TOP COMMENT
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It's hard to deny her voice, which gets featured on a couple of great songs and some otherwise perfectly palatable 80s R&B music.
Anita Baker has a remarkable voice. A must have soul album. Sweet Love & Caught Up In The Rapture are just wonderful.
Lachapelle 01/26/2016 21:35 | #157849 | TOP COMMENT
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MF DOOM sampled quite a bit from this album, for all the hip hop heads out there..
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