Lam Toro
by Baaba Maal

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 33,783rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 18 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (480th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (5,077th)
Award Best albums of all time (33,783rd)

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Baaba Maal bestography

Lam Toro is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Baaba Maal on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Baaba Maal is Missing You (Mi Yeewnii) which is ranked number 22112 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 46.

Baaba Maal album bestography « Higher ranked (22,112th)
Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
This album (33,783rd)
Lam Toro
Lower ranked (33,783rd) »
Lam Toro

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Lam Toro rankings summary
Overall rank: 33,783rd | 1990s rank: 5,077th | 1992 rank: 480th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 18 votes)
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01/23/2026 20:57 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,55070/100
 
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08/07/2025 02:07 ScottJones  Ratings distribution  17382/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.3/100, a mean average of 67.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.


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From 08/07/2025 02:07 | #310438
Considered important for marrying African music and Western sounds: keys, guitar, bass, horns. It does so pretty well at times, particularly on "Hamady Boiro". Then there is Baaba's amazing voice. While I found his previous album Djam Leeli guilty of being shouty at times, here he doubles down and dominates these tracks despite the heavy production. It's an impressive vocal performance in any language. Some tracks go on too long for what they have to say musically. (Edited)
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From 07/20/2019 17:56 | #240026
Favorite Tracks:Hamady Boiro, Daniibe, Hamady Bogle
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From 07/13/2018 14:30 | #218150
This is the 1993 version, btw.
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