Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata
by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk bestography
Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata is ranked 8th 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 5341 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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Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 95 Music Albums of 1971 | 76/95 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 68 Music Albums of 1971 | 27/68 | 3 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk: So Far.. | 17/20 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2021 | stereo_mike | Top 25 Music Albums of 1971 | 8/25 | 4 |
| 2020 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1971 | 30/40 | - |
| 2019 | stereo_mike | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 69/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 05:48 | AAL2014 | 4,339 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2022 14:49 | TonySayers61 | 25,957 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2022 03:27 | sja0925 | 1,309 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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