Ask The Ages (studio album) by Sonny Sharrock

Ask The Ages by Sonny Sharrock
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 3,886th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 58 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (653rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,886th)
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Sonny Sharrock bestography

Ask The Ages is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Sonny Sharrock on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sonny Sharrock is Black Woman which is ranked number 3351 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 443.

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 58 votes)
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01/01/2025 14:18 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,52876/100
 
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10/31/2022 11:10 jonny5244  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 8,40963/100

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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 79.0/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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From 08/08/2021 09:05
Recently discovered Sonny Sharrock through the Summer of Soul documentary, this is a precious gem of an album, sadly also his last as I understand.
The track 'who does she hope to be' I mean... just fucking marvelous
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From 10/21/2017 22:14
You really just can't got wrong with Pharaoh Sanders blowing his brains out through his sax.
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