Eastern Sounds
by Yusef Lateef

Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
Year: 1961
Release date: 1961-04-00
Overall rank: 3,665th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 89 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1961 (10th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (302nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,665th)

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Overall rank: 3,665th | 1960s rank: 302nd | 1961 rank: 10th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 89 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 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.


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From albummaster 06/27/2026 08:27 in Year Change Notices
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From Hayden 06/10/2021 21:10 in I'm going back to the start
“His second appearance on this diary, the first one being way back on the very first page with his 1960 album, The Centaur And The Phoenix, which I really liked and ended up as the eighth best album of the year. So, as I wrote back then, that album had two sides, one closer to blues and the other…”
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This is a relaxing and thoughtful album, perfect for a Sunday afternoon. 9.5/10! (Edited)
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From 11/03/2017 20:32 | #200525
Best Tracks: The Plum Blossom, Love Theme From "The Robe"
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