I Talk With The Spirits (studio album)
by Roland Kirk

I Talk With The Spirits by Roland Kirk
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 4,700th   
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75/100 (from 46 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (383rd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,700th)

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The best album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk is I Talk With The Spirits which is ranked number 4700 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 296.

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I Talk With The Spirits rankings

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Overall rank: 4,700th | 1960s rank: 383rd | 1965 rank: 39th

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75/100 (from 46 votes)
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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 75.2/100, 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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Best Albums of 1965
1. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
2. Rubber Soul by The Beatles
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
4. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
5. Help! by The Beatles
6. Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding
7. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
8. My Generation by The Who
9. The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
11. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
12. Here Are The Sonics!!! by The Sonics
13. Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones
14. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler Trio
15. Jackson C. Frank by Jackson C. Frank
16. I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
17. Live At The Regal by B.B. King
18. Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
19. Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch
20. Free For All by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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