Acclaimed Music - Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
Talking Timbuktu



Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, Third Edition (2003) No Order
Songlines (UK) - 50 Essential African Albums (2004) 28
Songlines (UK) - 50 World Records You Must Own (2003) 29
The Rough Guide - Blues: 100 Essential CDs (2000) No Order
The Rough Guide - World: 100 Essential CDs (2000) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 150 Best Albums from the 90s (2000) 150
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 100 Best Albums by Decade (2002) 51-100
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 3 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 3.5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade Neither
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
José Ramón Pardo (Spain) - The 1000 Best Pop-Rock Albums, Ratings 1-5 (1997) 3.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 40
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 16
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 26
OOR Moordlijst (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 17
Iguana (Spain) - Albums of the Year 35


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Buena Vista Social Club
 Buena Vista Social Club
 1997
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Manu Chao
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 1998
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Franco
 20eme anniversere
 1976
Huun-Huur-Tu
 The Orphan's Lament
 1994
Khaled
 Khaled
 1992
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Ali Akbar Khan
 Legacy
 1996
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
 Mustt Mustt
 1990
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
 Shaka Zulu
 1987
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Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra & Hariprasad Chaurasia
 Call of the Valley
 1967
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Rachid Taha
 Diwan
 1998


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