Left & Right
by Roland Kirk
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Roland Kirk bestography
Left & Right is ranked 7th best out of 26 albums by Rahsaan Roland Kirk on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk is I Talk With The Spirits which is ranked number 5342 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 260.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Left & Right track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Left & Right 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 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk: So Far.. | 1/20 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 54 Music Albums of 1968 | 53/54 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 45 Music Albums of 1968 | 37/45 | 1 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1968 | 11/88 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1968 | 17/20 | 1 |
| 2019 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1968 | 39/40 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1968 | 56/62 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Left & Right ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/04/2026 13:21 | AAL2014 | 4,347 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2025 22:03 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2022 03:13 | Skerns | 5,219 | 80/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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