Spectrum (studio album) by Billy Cobham
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Spectrum is ranked as the best album by Billy Cobham.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 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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85/100  | 03/21/2024 05:49 | morphee | | 84/100 |
55/100 | 03/14/2024 15:58 | rafaelcalazans | | 53/100 |
100/100 | 01/03/2024 02:05 | mostlymor | | 79/100 |
70/100 | 12/18/2023 00:30 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 75/100 |
90/100 | 12/11/2023 11:42 |  spigelwii | | 85/100 |
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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 79.6/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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So funny and playful while still very groovy. Great musicians, (besides Cobham) Bolin, Sklar and Hammer does incredible work.
45 years later and tracks like Quadrant 4 is still mind blowing. Then again this album is still mind blowing. The continuation of amazing records from the 70's.
Medelsvensson 12/11/2017 14:27
Incredible album! No idea why peolpe rate red baron so low. Classic track!
corenfro 01/14/2017 18:54
Agree w/ Bork. some great stuff on here, but not great enough relative to other stuff in the genre earlier in time to get a higher score.
Fischman 12/05/2016 01:38
I came to this by way of Cobham having been Mahavushnu's drummer. Even after Mahavishnu, this blew me away. Cobham is an amazingly musical drummer, the songs are great, and the guitar work of Tommy Bolin and bass of Lee Sklar are equally impressive. Together, this makes for a desert island disc for sure.
AAL2014 08/26/2016 18:07
Phenomenal drum led fusion album. Cobham was and is still a genius. He turned the drum world upside down with this one.
Bork 04/22/2011 20:18
Strong album with an absolute stunner opener. The middle section gets a bit repetitive which keeps it from getting the really high scores.
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