I Talk With The Spirits
by Roland Kirk
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Roland Kirk bestography
The best album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk is I Talk With The Spirits which is ranked number 5315 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 261.
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I Talk With The Spirits track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Talk With The Spirits rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk: So Far.. | 5/20 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 79 Music Albums of 1965 | 30/79 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 47 Music Albums of 1965 | 30/47 | 2 |
| 2026 |  scwrlw | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 65/100 | 35 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1965 | 17/54 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 31 Music Albums of 1965 | 29/31 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1965 | 43/51 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 95 Music Albums of 1965 | 24/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 18/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 261 | |||
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I Talk With The Spirits ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/12/2026 23:48 | AAL2014 | 4,277 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 19:52 | Hyggevinyl | 4,464 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 02:35 |  Maxence | 12,755 | 61/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Mophos 04/20/2021 17:01 in What album are you listening to right now? baystateoftheart 11/09/2018 22:48 in Human Canon Ball Relaunched: A Trip Through TimeI Talk With The Spirits comments
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Warm, open-hearted, and playful...I don't know if Rahsaan was like that, but he must have been; his music is. It's imaginative and care-free, not avant-garde or cutting edge. Feel-good music from a guy who can pull that off; it's a shame so many people can't get into it, judging by the ratings, but so it goes.
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