Barabajagal (studio album) by Donovan
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Barabajagal is ranked 8th best out of 38 albums by Donovan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Donovan is Sunshine Superman which is ranked number 1430 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,207.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 10/20/2023 21:44 | Rm12398 | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 08/29/2023 14:54 |  Norman Bates | | 75/100 |
70/100 | 03/15/2023 17:45 |  Jboy56 | | 78/100 |
70/100 | 02/24/2023 10:26 |  Tamthebam | | 69/100 |
70/100 | 10/31/2022 13:06 | jonny5244 | | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Jboy56 03/15/2023 17:45
Decent..
"Barabajagal" was Donovan's last album to be released in the 1960's and his fifth produced by Mickie Most.
Compared to his previous albums this is probably the most versatile, partly due to the fact that it was recorded during several sessions, featuring different musicians.
The three hit singles "Atlantis"; "To Susan on the West Coast" and "Barabajagal" are good examples of the album's great variety. "Atlantis" is a fine folky tune with an ecstatic ending ending much like the Beatles' "Hey Jude". "To Susan on the West Coast" is an acoustic anti-war song and "Barabajagal" is an almost riff-based rocker with solid backing by Jeff Beck Group.
Among the tracks I like "Happines Runs" and "Superlungs My Supergirl", but the rest are mostly sub-par tracks. The original album had a very short playing time, a little more than thirty minutes. Fortunately a lot of relevant bonus-tracks have been added to the album.
Interesting to hear "Stromberg Twins", another track with backing from Jeff Beck and his band; and song that ought have been included originally. But the strongest material are found among the last seven tracks, which are just demos; but all sounding great.
"Marjorie" and "Palais Girl" are really great songs that finally get a deserved release.
The booklet contains the final chapter of the Mickie Most Years ( part 4, Nov. 68 to Dec. 1969 ), which is great read; and although the album is not quite up to the standards of its predecessors, it's still quite a fine album.
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classic - Atlantis and Barabajagal and Susan... and a couple more do the job!
Graeme2 09/13/2016 12:22
Wow, I love my shirt. It's shit. What the hell was he smoking?
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