Into The Purple Valley
by Ry Cooder
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Ry Cooder bestography
Into The Purple Valley is ranked 2nd best out of 38 albums by Ry Cooder on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ry Cooder is Paris, Texas which is ranked number 6394 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 208.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Into The Purple Valley track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Into The Purple Valley rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 38 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1972 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1972 | 5/40 | 5 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of 1972 (101 - 200) | 40/46 | - |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 8/99 | 19 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1970s 3 | 53/100 | - |
| 2024 | Ashmark | Top 74 Music Albums of 1972 | 51/74 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 180 | |||
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Into The Purple Valley ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 10:06 | Budden03 | 7 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 07:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,905 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:43 | EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Into The Purple Valley forum mentions
CharlieBarley 03/31/2023 22:35 in What album are you listening to right now?
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A near perfect record.
Sandrof1969 02/12/2018 16:49 | #207859
Sono le leggere imperfezioni ( il bottleneck che batte sulla tastiera della chitarra, per dire… ) che mi fanno preferire "Into the purple valley" ad altri dischi successivi di Cooder perché lo rendono più vero, più vicino alla musica che vi è contenuta. "F.D.R. in Trinidad" e "Teardrops will fall" sono tra i miei brani preferiti di sempre e di chiunque.
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