I Talk With The Spirits
by Roland Kirk

I Talk With The Spirits by Roland Kirk
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 4,768th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (385th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,768th)

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The best album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk is I Talk With The Spirits which is ranked number 4768 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 292.

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I Talk With The Spirits rankings

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Overall rank: 4,768th | 1960s rank: 385th | 1965 rank: 39th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
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65/100
 
12/01/2025 02:35 Maxence  Ratings distribution  12,67261/100
 
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07/20/2025 22:03 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,02274/100
 
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12/27/2024 14:16 habibi333  Ratings distribution  94573/100
 
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11/08/2024 10:01 djnizzi  Ratings distribution  2,85980/100
 
75/100
 
08/31/2024 20:40 baystateoftheart  Ratings distribution  2,83072/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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From 06/24/2020 06:02 | #254364
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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