In The Dark (studio album) by Toots & The Maytals

In The Dark by Toots & The Maytals
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 15,587th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (198th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,055th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,587th)
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Toots & The Maytals bestography

In The Dark is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Toots & The Maytals on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Toots & The Maytals is Funky Kingston which is ranked number 2760 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 555.

Toots & The Maytals album bestography « Higher ranked (3,920th) This album (15,587th) Lower ranked (31,023rd) »
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 30 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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I first heard Toots & the Maytals through a trustafarian friend who loved all things with an African or African American lineage. In my opinion this is one of the finest reggae albums ever made, even better than anything in Bob Marley's catalog. It's more fun, but with a strong social conscience nevertheless. "Time Tough" and "Pressure Drop" are probably the two best known, and best, tracks here.
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