The Mande Variations
by Toumani Diabaté
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The Mande Variations is ranked as the best album by Toumani Diabaté.
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The Mande Variations 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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/21/2026 09:56 |  Hayden | 7,528 | 72/100 | |
| 09/11/2025 19:52 |  Sandrof1969 | 2,694 | 68/100 | |
| 04/15/2024 23:30 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,957 | 74/100 | |
| 05/29/2023 23:48 |  LedZep | 4,930 | 79/100 | |
| 02/10/2022 07:50 |  Arthurknight | 9,593 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 82.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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Norman Bates 08/30/2012 10:08 | #49645
Mostly beautiful, although not quite as good as Djelika, as on Mandé, Diabaté tends to go for easy prettiness on a few numbers, and less adventurous rhythm patterns.
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