The River
by Ali Farka Touré
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Ali Farka Touré bestography
The River is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Ali Farka Touré on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ali Farka Touré is Savane which is ranked number 5737 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 238.
(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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The River track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The River rankings
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The River ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/22/2026 10:40 | duelek | 2,080 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 13:06 | spinout | 3,467 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 05:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,384 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2025 15:59 |  LedZep | 5,094 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2024 23:32 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,700 | 74/100 |
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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 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Jameth 05/04/2019 06:08 | #235837 | TOP COMMENT
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There really is nothing quite like Ali Farka Touré. “Heygana” is quite possibly the best blues song I’ve ever heard.
ButterThumbz 05/17/2016 20:19 | #166318 | TOP COMMENT
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West African Delta Blues. Marvellous!
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