Love & Hate
by Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka bestography
Love & Hate is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Michael Kiwanuka on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Michael Kiwanuka is Kiwanuka which is ranked number 1874 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 903.
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Love & Hate track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 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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| 02/27/2026 22:57 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 01/11/2026 14:31 | Slewkey | 279 | 80/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 17:15 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 07/11/2025 10:59 | Sbyak | 15 | 92/100 | |
| 07/04/2025 18:36 | alexandermause | 1,582 | 86/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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This collection of very good songs is elevated to excellent by Kiwanuka's impassioned delivery (which reminds me of Marvin Gaye), the tasteful instrumentals and the superb production. 9/10!
Underrated album by an underrated musician.
Some very high peaks with Cold Little Heart and Love & Hate, but most songs aren't reaching beyond 'decent' or 'good'. Still it should be closer to the top 10 albums of 2016.
If this wasn't such an exceptional year for music, perhaps this would get more attention. Enjoyable album, great voice and okay lyrics. Nice production aswell.
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