The Seal Of The Blue Lotus
by Robbie Băsho

The Seal Of The Blue Lotus by Robbie Băsho
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 43,234th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 10 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (209th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (2,425th)
Award Best albums of all time (43,234th)

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Robbie Băsho bestography

The Seal Of The Blue Lotus is ranked 7th best out of 13 albums by Robbie Băsho on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Robbie Băsho is Visions Of The Country which is ranked number 2527 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 632.

Robbie Băsho album bestography « Higher ranked (41,916th)
The Grail & The Lotus
This album (43,234th)
The Seal Of The Blue Lotus
Lower ranked (50,396th) »
Basho Sings

(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 Seal Of The Blue Lotus rankings summary
Overall rank: 43,234th | 1960s rank: 2,425th | 1965 rank: 209th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 10 votes)
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