Crystals (studio album) by Sam Rivers

Crystals by Sam Rivers
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 17,778th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 31 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (219th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,300th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,778th)
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Betty Beck Arkansas Senior Cassette Recorded at Crystal Records Studios
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Sam Rivers - Crystals LP ABC Impulse! 1974 ASD-9286 gatefold free jazz VG+
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Sam Rivers bestography

Crystals is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Sam Rivers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sam Rivers is Streams which is ranked number 13823 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 82.

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76/100 (from 31 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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From 05/06/2022 16:23
TBC…

Album Rating:

1.Exultation. 66
2.Tranquility.
3.Postlude
4.Bursts
5.Orb
6.Earth Song
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Best Albums of 1974
1. Red by King Crimson
2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
4. Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
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