The River (studio album) by Ali Farka Touré

The River by Ali Farka Touré
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 6,836th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 26 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (93rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,121st)
Award Best albums of all time (6,836th)
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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 Ali Farka Toure (Ten Songs From The Legendary Singer From Mali) which is ranked number 6033 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 218.

Ali Farka Touré album bestography « Higher ranked (6,633rd) This album (6,836th) Lower ranked (8,348th) »
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The River track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 26 votes)
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03/17/2025 15:59 LedZep  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,70679/100
 
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04/15/2024 23:32 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 14,11474/100
 
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02/10/2024 21:59 Helios  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,85270/100
 
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09/05/2022 21:38 DommeDamian  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,12549/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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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.
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West African Delta Blues. Marvellous!
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