Brown Sugar
by D'Angelo
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Brown Sugar is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by D'Angelo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by D'Angelo is Voodoo which is ranked number 487 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,491.
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Brown Sugar track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/16/2026 15:35 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2026 12:44 | Cyrax | 1,862 | 61/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2026 09:38 | Shalvey | 759 | 72/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 18:58 | Jakor | 5,458 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 18:58 |  covecove | 6,670 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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Shortlisted for R&B album of the year at the 1996 Grammys. The winner was CrazySexyCool by TLC (Edited)
C_Krug2009 06/12/2022 15:38 | #286298 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is criminally underrated on this website. It is oh so smooth and catchy and every song is great. I am excited to hear Voodoo but Brown Sugar is tough to beat. Might be in the minority to think Brown Sugar (along with Baduizm) is the best soul album ever. Have yet to hear Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite.
Anyways, if you like good music this one is something you can't overlook.
VictorVale 02/10/2021 12:08 | #266109
Sofisticado, gostoso de ouvir, cheio de swing e malícia. Excelente!
Favorite Tracks:Brown Sugar, Jonz In My Bonz, When We Get By
Sublime and oh-so smooth, D'Angelo's "Brown Sugar" subtly works its magic and there's not a single weak track here. Really quite underrated on this site.
planetneutral 01/18/2018 03:57 | #205925
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junodog4 12/19/2014 21:29 | #129702 | TOP COMMENT
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Watch your mouth, Naples...
A great Neo-Soul album. Not as good as Voodoo but there are still some great songs in it.
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