Racional Vol. 1
by Tim Maia
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Racional Vol. 1 is ranked as the best album by Tim Maia.
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Racional Vol. 1 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 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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| ! | 03/23/2026 13:57 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2026 16:20 | sweetness | 1,127 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 15:21 | cicadelic | 13,173 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 02:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 13,026 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 01:26 | mnmont | 247 | 89/100 |
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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 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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One of the weirdest cult classics of Brazilian music. For a brief period, soulman Tim Maia became a member of a sect called Cultura Racional and released 2 gospel albums preaching its bible, a book called "Universo em Desencanto". The lyrics are batshit crazy, of course, but the music is sensational, among the best Tim ever released.
VictorVale 08/13/2022 18:02 | #288467
Obra-prima do funk/soul!
A lost gem, a must in the 70s samba rock scene. Interesting lyrics, tight songs, great vocals, and great guitar work.
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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