What Color Is Love
by Terry Callier

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What Color Is Love by Terry Callier
Year: 1972
Release date: 1972-08-00
Overall rank: 3,615th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 105 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (60th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (613th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,615th)

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Terry Callier bestography

What Color Is Love is ranked as the best album by Terry Callier.

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- This album (3,615th)
What Color Is Love Lower ranked (14,446th) »
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What Color Is Love rankings

What Color Is Love rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,615th | 1970s rank: 613th | 1972 rank: 60th  Overall chart history
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What Color Is Love ratings

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79/100 (from 105 votes)
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 !		04/09/2026 17:53 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,39571/100
 
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 !		04/08/2026 20:18 MARTINBORS  Ratings distribution  2,01378/100

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What Color Is Love forum mentions

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From Johnnyo 08/21/2026 09:32 in My Musical Musings by Johnnyo
“Anyone else spotted this Coincidence?”
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From LedZep 11/14/2022 12:02 in You must listen to the album below you.
“Well I can definitely see why this is considered a classic. It's a wonderful, gorgeous record. Even the slower songs burst with life, no matter the theme and mood. I've already expressed my admiration of the more maximalist soul styles like the one on display here. The songs include a lot of…”
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From 06/30/2016 20:13 | #170202 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
An absolutely beautiful album from an artist who is criminally overlooked. Quite lovely music from start to finish. Sublime.
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From 12/05/2016 23:47 | #179633 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
On a par with What's Going On. Fantastic
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From 02/09/2013 15:51 | #64573 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Just beautiful!
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From 05/20/2022 14:30 | #285563
Album Rating: 80.29
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1.Dancing Girl. 87
2.What Color Is Love. 72
3.You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman. 90
4.Just As Long As We're In Love. 81
5.Ho Tsing Mee (A Song Of The Sun). 83
6.I'd Rather Be With You. 73
7.You Don't Care. 76
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