Racional Vol. 1
by Tim Maia

Racional Vol. 1 by Tim Maia
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 3,826th   
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79/100 (from 70 votes)
     
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Award Top albums of 1975 (61st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (657th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,826th)

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Racional Vol. 1 is ranked as the best album by Tim Maia.

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Racional Vol. 1 rankings

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Overall rank: 3,826th | 1970s rank: 657th | 1975 rank: 61st

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79/100 (from 70 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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From 08/13/2022 18:02 | #288467
Obra-prima do funk/soul!
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A lost gem, a must in the 70s samba rock scene. Interesting lyrics, tight songs, great vocals, and great guitar work.
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From 08/18/2012 16:19 | #48787
This album is as funky as it can get! Besides the very cool music, the whole concept of the album is pretty interesting. Tim Maia was well known for his many issues with drugs, alcohol and obesity tempered by his light hearted, easygoing and unreliable but likeable personality. After hitting the bottom, he thought that he found salvation in a book called "Universe in Disenchantment", which basically prompted people to join the "Racional" cult sect which offered a happy life just by reading the book and joining the sect. As in every good sect, aliens and UFO´s were involved. The philosophy of the album is totally funny, but of course it was take seriously at that moment by Tim Maia, as the whole album basically promotes "Racional" philosophy. Needles to say, Tim Maia broke up with the sect not too long after and in a couple of years he died of a heart attack provoked by his life of excess. The album though, is very, very good!
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. Mothership Connection by Parliament
11. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
17. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
19. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
20. Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield
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