Here Be Dragons
by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

Here Be Dragons by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-11-03
Overall rank: 18,286th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 26 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (343rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (3,320th)
Award Best albums of all time (18,286th)

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Here Be Dragons rankings summary
Overall rank: 18,286th | 2000s rank: 3,320th | 2009 rank: 343rd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 26 votes)
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04/19/2026 15:54 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,54949/100
 
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02/28/2021 03:57 MegoEvilBear  Ratings distribution  2,14575/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.


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From 07/04/2020 22:59 | #255029
one of the greatest dark jazz records of all time
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From 06/09/2018 21:34 | #216428
Difficult to classify this. Dark ambient fits. There's a bit of jazz, not much. And experimental ... but tuneful; it's not hard to listen to. You are sucked into a dreamlike world; weird and darkish.
This would be perfect to listen to if you were lost on the London Docklands Light Railway at 11pm, chuntering around Canary Wharf.
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