Be What You Are (studio album)
by The Staple Singers
Top albums of 1973 (
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The Staple Singers bestography
Be What You Are is ranked 6th best out of 23 albums by The Staple Singers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Staple Singers is Be Altitude: Respect Yourself which is ranked number 8798 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 138.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Be What You Are track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Be What You Are rankings
All 6 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0101-0200* | 13/15 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1970s 65rating (64.64-64.09), #001-100* | 11/65 | - |
| 2024 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Top 81 Music Albums of 1973 | 57/81 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
65/100  | 06/18/2025 03:39 | Moondance | | 72/100 |
65/100 | 06/17/2022 15:35 | paladisiac | | 65/100 |
75/100 | 02/02/2021 18:37 | Jakor | | 69/100 |
60/100 | 08/24/2020 23:53 |  Maxence | | 61/100 |
70/100 | 07/21/2020 03:53 |  Jameth | | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.4.
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