Illuminations
by Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Illuminations is ranked as the best album by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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Illuminations track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Illuminations rankings
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Illuminations ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 15,253 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 23:12 | Devilwoac | 1,385 | 97/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2025 06:53 | cicadelic | 13,442 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 10:43 | sebfox | 2,656 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2025 02:13 | Proto | 4,194 | 33/100 |
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Brad1770 08/28/2020 23:44 | #257553 | TOP COMMENT
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What’s the best album no one has heard of ? Music snobs have preached the the virtues of this album for decades and with good reason. Coming out in 69 this album was swamped by the land mark releases from The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin and very much suffered as the hippie summer of love folk sound from 2 years prior was waning in popularity for an edgier harder sound
Regardless it remains a remarkable album full of passion and exceptional song writing who’s legend hopefully continues to grow with each generation
splashfoop 09/09/2016 00:53 | #174580
Una de los voces más hermosas que haya escuchado.
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