Ask The Ages
by Sonny Sharrock
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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 3596 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 417.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Ask The Ages track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ask The Ages rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 73 Music Albums of 1991 | 24/73 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 19/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Jazz | 53/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 36 Music Albums of 1991 | 1/36 | 5 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 51/69 | 1 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 91/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 80 Music Albums of 1991 | 21/80 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 80 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 357 | |||
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Ask The Ages ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/14/2026 16:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,672 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 05:17 | Proto | 4,299 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2024 17:59 |  teague | 4,365 | 78/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Ask The Ages forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5359): By PurpleHazel
baystateoftheart 11/11/2024 16:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Mercury 11/02/2021 18:17 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionAsk The Ages comments
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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
Onater 10/21/2017 22:14 | #199891 | TOP COMMENT
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You really just can't got wrong with Pharaoh Sanders blowing his brains out through his sax.
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