Ananda Shankar
by Ananda Shankar
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Ananda Shankar bestography
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Ananda Shankar track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ananda Shankar rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 1/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 56 Music Albums of 1970 | 49/56 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 41 Music Albums of 1970 | 39/41 | 0 |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 24 Music Albums of 1970 | 19/24 | 1 |
| 2025 | jonny5244 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1970 | 33/33 | 0 |
| 2025 | Helios | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 85/100 | 13 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 76 Music Albums of 1970 | 75/76 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Pastiche | Top 37 Music Albums of 1970 | 31/37 | 1 |
| 2025 |  baystateoftheart | If The Chart Represented Population | 41/99 | - |
| 2024 | amassini | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 86/99 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 54 | |||
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Ananda Shankar ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/27/2026 02:30 | stareaterogni0n | 590 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 14:52 |  HoldenM | 1,904 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:38 | Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.5/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
Ananda Shankar forum mentions
paladisiac 03/02/2018 18:25 in What album are you listening to right now?
Jimmy Dread 01/09/2017 18:10 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayAnanda Shankar comments
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Norman Bates 11/01/2013 12:54 | #90028
Not entirely convincing (those covers), but side 2 is good, with a banger of a final track.
mostly novelty sitar and covers
Jboy56 11/10/2021 12:21 | #276067
Not offering much to the western listeners.
Sitar in small dozes is fine but not in these proprotions
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/14/2026 14:52 | #314457
Totally solid! (Edited)
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