Letter From Home
by Pat Metheny Group

Letter From Home by Pat Metheny Group
Year: 1989
Release date: 1989-06-27
Overall rank: 7,251st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 44 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (99th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,021st)
Award Best albums of all time (7,251st)

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Pat Metheny Group bestography

Letter From Home is ranked 4th best out of 40 albums by Pat Metheny on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pat Metheny is Offramp which is ranked number 4712 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 303.

Pat Metheny Group album bestography « Higher ranked (6,942nd)
Bright Size Life
This album (7,251st)
Letter From Home
Lower ranked (8,798th) »
The Way Up

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Overall rank: 7,251st | 1980s rank: 1,021st | 1989 rank: 99th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 44 votes)
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75/100
I haven't listened to this tape (yes, a tape!) in over 25 years! I dug it out of my tape collection (which I thankfully kept) this evening, it sounds as good, if not better now, than it did all those years ago. At that time it got a lot of play in the car stereo! Listening to it on a quality audio system is a whole new experience. Moments of free form jazz mixed with almost 'progressive' rock coupled with Latin American influences make this a rewarding listen. This album always reminds me of summer!
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Perfekt recording!
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