Exuma (studio album)
by Exuma

Exuma by Exuma
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 1,179th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 202 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (33rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (241st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,179th)

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Exuma track list

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Exuma rankings

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Overall rank: 1,179th | 1970s rank: 241st | 1970 rank: 33rd

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Exuma ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 202 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 78.1/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.

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From 03/28/2022 15:35 | #283538
Sangen erikoinen albumi. Tavallaan edellä aikaansa. Hienoa musiikkia.
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From 07/23/2020 08:18 | #256066
This isn't an album that I can just listen to in the background. Whenever it comes on it puts me into a trance.

No album has done atmosphere better than this one. When I hear this album, I AM in the Bahamas, lost in the woods as I happen upon a circle of people with musical instruments of all kinds. In the center of the north of the circle is a man with a guitar. He cuts through the sound of frogs with ferocious guitar playing, with the drummers following suit. Nature sings with him as he boasts and bellows about his power as an ancient deity.

From here the circle goes on a wild journey, one with heavenly prophecies, contacting the dead, and a zombie apocalypse.

I can't listen to this album enough. I cannot recommend it enough. I only wish that it did not have "junkanoo" which is a useless filler track.
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90/100
From 02/19/2020 03:19 | #247988
its like in the court of the crimson king but from a different culture. also its amazing
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From 01/11/2019 22:13 | #229506
Forte presença da cultura afro-caribenha, belíssimo.
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From 02/01/2018 17:51 | #206957
A strange but entrancing album carried by the passion of vocalist.
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From 02/07/2014 20:49 | #102493
Deep within a mythical tropical island lies a man performing with the passion of Richie Havens.
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From 01/05/2014 19:42 | #99933
Really really good!
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80/100
From 12/09/2013 17:50 | #96943
Not my cup of tea, I appreciate it however, and by no means dislike it, I just don't think I'll be listening to it again very soon.

I do like "Exuma, The Obeah Man" however.
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From 06/18/2013 02:49 | #79232
Arguably my favorite world album ever
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From 11/17/2012 22:06 | #55333
Very original
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Best Albums of 1970
1. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
2. After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
3. All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
5. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
6. Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
7. Moondance by Van Morrison
8. Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
10. Fun House by The Stooges
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12. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
13. Loaded by The Velvet Underground
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15. Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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18. Abraxas by Santana
19. Morrison Hotel by The Doors
20. Tea For The Tillerman by Cat Stevens
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