Salt Song
by Stanley Turrentine
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Stanley Turrentine bestography
Salt Song is ranked 14th best out of 31 albums by Stanley Turrentine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stanley Turrentine is Look Out! which is ranked number 26152 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36.
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Salt Song track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Salt Song rankings summary
Overall rank: 94,404th | 1970s rank: 7,843rd | 1971 rank: 740th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 57 Music Albums of 1971 | 34/57 | 2 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2020 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1971 | 32/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/24/2023 13:48 | Frunobulax | 18 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2023 16:13 | spewventuri | 3,102 | 63/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2022 02:59 | stangetzaway | 2,323 | 83/100 |
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/06/2020 15:15 | #249606
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If you have the vinyl of Sugar and are worried about missing out on "Gibraltar," fear not as Turrentine put a new cut of "Gibraltar" on the Salt Song album, and it's a great opener. The following "I Told Jesus" is a super slow and deeply moving gospel where Turrentine's soulful and bluesy tenor really holds sway. Not surprisingly, the title cut, which sits in the middle of the album is its true centerpiece, opening with Turrentine a capella and gradually building from there. "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" is as sumptuous a sax ballad as you're likely to find, and the original vinyl finishes with the Latin beat of "Storm." The CD reissue adds "Vera Cruz," a fun and fine tune, but if anything had to be left off for vinyl running time restrictions, this was probably the right choice. Overall, Salt Song makes a solid jump out of the hard bop foundation into contemporary stylings, but it's still a mighty fine album and, for me, essential Turrentine.
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