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Universal acclaim- based on 67 Ratings
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Positive: 57 out of 67
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Mixed: 5 out of 67
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Negative: 5 out of 67
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Jun 7, 2022Stumbling upon this whilst doing a roll call of all the 90+ records on metacritic and despite not agreeing with some this one deserved that distinction. It's an epic guitar record filled with many key moment's and cohesive sequencing that in the best of way makes it feel like one big glorious movement.
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Jun 8, 2016
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Jan 9, 2020This Final Note He left us.. What a Wonder! You will always be a Legend... Ali
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Nov 20, 2019Simply, quite possibly the most perfectly fragile, devastating and hopeful album of the 21st Century. Exquisite in its pain
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JustinGAug 10, 2006Stunning.
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tupperAug 20, 2006amazing! everything rock and roll should be.
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joncAug 10, 2006Ali Farka Toure was a brilliant, powerful musician and great person. This CD captures his desert blues perfectly, adding other instrumentation to create new moods and dynamics, it's one of his best. I'm grateful he was able to create this before he left us.
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madslAug 28, 2006a stunning, raw and exciting effort from the late desert blues king! perhaps his greatest album ever! As Ry Cooder has remarked, this is pure genius!
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RMOct 24, 2006
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AladdynSaneJan 6, 2007
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DerekD.Sep 18, 2007Simply astounding roots music. Speaks to me even though I don't know his language.
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JabezH.Sep 8, 2007This is an OK album, but not nearly as good as 2005's "In the Heart of the Moon", or even "Talking Timbuktu". It certainly wasn't the best record of 2006, but worth it if you into the blues or a Toure fan.
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ToddWNov 1, 2006
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JimmyFOct 12, 2006
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mattaOct 16, 2006It doesn't seem fair to all the albums truly deserving of good reviews this year that this one gets kudos just because it's some posthumous release by an african dude that's supposedly a legend. Not god-awful, but not very memorable, and certainly not deserving of a 94 either.
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ChrisDDec 22, 2006I was excited to see that something has been rated so high, but i was left dissapointed after a listen. I can appreciate the album, its just not my cup of tea.
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ShoisiaDOct 6, 2006Unbelievable! The music is so beautiful and moving. I can't stop listening to it
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JDJan 28, 2007I count several very good tunes, 2 topnotch -- I don't understand the '0' votes -- a '0' vote should be reserved for kfed. Just because you believe it was rated too high, don't turn into a hater!
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RichardKJan 8, 2007I'm only mildly interested in blues, but I took a chance on this album based on the Metacritic rating and the user comments. And suprisingly I really liked this album. I'm often disapointed when I try a highly rated album outside my comfort zone, but this one really works for me.
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BrettG.Aug 21, 2007Supremely magical, a triumph of revelation in the sober gray world of today.
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chikNov 29, 2006I regret downloading this. Definitely not a 94.
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leirisNov 7, 2006Jimmy F said "Now if this is being ranked on a scale of African Blues Music, maybe then it would be at the top" I am asking myself what this kid meant by this? My conclusion is that he has no idea. I am glad that he can spit out legendary names, as can most people who really know anything about music, but to put this album down because it is not
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HorriMDec 15, 2006I own most of the CD
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LizeHDec 16, 2006
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ReubenFDec 18, 2006"the DNA of the blues" - Martin Scorsese Organic & Soulful. Possibly his best album.
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LawrieCOct 22, 2006
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RobertMDec 22, 2006Look, this is not revelatory music. It's the same crappy blues, this time played by an African musician. Give me Fela, King Sunny Ade, Youssou N'Dour anytime over this guy. It's sad that he passed, but that is no reason for this recording to rate a 9.4!! And higher than Waits and the others on the list???? Please!!! This is just misguided, overly-sympathetic voting.
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SamHSep 24, 2006I am still working my way through this album. Each listening reveals a little more.
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Awards & Rankings
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His unsentimental, voluptuously masculine, spirit-guided magic is captured at its best, for all time, in this magnificent farewell.
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One of his most accomplished recordings.
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"Savane" is without question one of the finest efforts in his legendary discography.