Thousand Knives
by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Thousand Knives by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-00-00
Overall rank: 6,535th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 50 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (109th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,020th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,535th)

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Thousand Knives is ranked as the best album by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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Overall rank: 6,535th | 1970s rank: 1,020th | 1978 rank: 109th

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.

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From 12/30/2020 14:28 | #263476
In the woods midway through you can faintly here “when the band goes marching “
These micro-exploratory moments are special
Thank you for this introduction to your solo work
True mesmerization
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