Persian Surgery Dervishes (live album)
by Terry Riley
Condition: Used
Condition: Used
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Terry Riley bestography
Persian Surgery Dervishes is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Terry Riley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Terry Riley is A Rainbow In Curved Air which is ranked number 1926 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 860.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/23/2025 07:30 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2025 20:30 | thepardunk | 2,538 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2024 23:30 | Skerns | 4,972 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2024 19:13 | 22,876 | 69/100 | |
| ! | 04/19/2024 04:26 | 1,131 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.8.
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Shame that the limits of vinyl meant there is a fade in/out between each of the 2 performances. It does diminish the natural progress of the music. Recording quality really poor, no better on CD than the original vinyl. Still def. worth buying
I want to like this more, but not enough dynamic, and it's to busy to get lost in it like a drone (for me).
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