Many thanks to everyone who recently voted for their favorite Common album as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below, and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.

Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (1,474 Total Votes):

#1 | Like Water For Chocolate | 2000 | 379 votes (26% of total)

#2 | Be | 2005 | 321 votes (22% of total)

#3 | Resurrection | 1994 | 240 votes (16% of total)

#4 | One Day It’ll All Make Sense | 1997 | 174 votes (12% of total) | Read More

#5 | Electric Circus | 2002 | 129 votes (9% of total) | Read More

#6 | Finding Forever | 2007 | 83 votes (6% of total)

#7 | Can I Borrow A Dollar? | 1992 | 58 votes (4% of total) | Read More

#8 | Black America Again | 2016 | 32 votes (2% of total)

#9 | The Dreamer/The Believer | 2011 | 27 votes (2% of total)

#10 | Universal Mind Control | 2008 | 15 votes (1% of total)

Other Albums Receiving Votes:

#11 | Nobody’s Smiling (2014) (11 votes)
#12 | August Greene (with Robert Glasper & Karriem Riggins) (2018) (5)

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