Tony AllenBest Tony Allen Albums Ranked
7.4
Avg Score
14
Opinions
7
Albums
8
Reviewers
Summary from 14 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Tony Allen’s catalog across 7 albums from 14 opinions, with an overall average of 7.4/10. The top-rated Tony Allen album is The Source (2017) with a 8.0/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Film of Life and Progress. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1977 to 2021. Moanin' ranks as the highest-rated Tony Allen song on Rate.fm with a 7.1/10 average.
There Is No End
“Tony Allen’s legacy is first and foremost as one of the pioneers of afrobeat, his polyrhythmic drumming the heartbeat of Fela Kuti’s Africa 70. An effortlessly novel fusion of jazz, highlife and funk, his performances behind the drums on those afrobeat records are eternal and influential, but what people often overlook is that after he left Kuti’s band and Africa in 1979, Allen never rested on his”
There Is No End
“Tony Allen's posthumous There Is No End transcends and explores a new generation”
There Is No End
“consummate collaborator's final drumroll”