Robbie Basho Visions of The Country
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GhandhiLion
April 10th 2021


17793 Comments


I've never understood why this is the meme album that gets a 1/3 of his total ratings.

DadKungFu
Emeritus
April 10th 2021


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Which would you prefer?

GhandhiLion
April 10th 2021


17793 Comments


None if that's an option.

I would like to know how this one got hyped up even though it was just as ignored as his other albums upon release.

edit:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18390-robbie-basho-visions-of-the-country/

Maybe this is why, it could be a few reasons though.

Ryus
April 10th 2021


37885 Comments


happens often with artists, a random album by them gains steam on RYM and then once it has the most ratings, that trend will just continue

even if it's nowhere near their best work
great album tho :]

GhandhiLion
April 10th 2021


17793 Comments


rym is very influential, but I'm not sure if that explains it.

Yeah good album, I might bump it up.

It was also listed in Fact magazines Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2014)

Ryus
April 10th 2021


37885 Comments


yeah probably not in this case, but it does happen with other albums

Havey
April 10th 2021


12320 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

maybe reissued at the right time, & it was the first in a series of Basho archival projects



it probably helps that the album cover is more fashionable than like, the vanguard albums

DadKungFu
Emeritus
April 10th 2021


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

There had to be some critical appreciation of it at the time of its release, I doubt it was randomly picked to be the first Basho album to be rereleased

GhandhiLion
April 10th 2021


17793 Comments


It wasn't the first to be rereleased.

"maybe reissued at the right time"
maybe

Havey
April 10th 2021


12320 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

@dadkungfu first in a series by this archival label, not the first Basho to ever get a rerelease. i doubt it got any recognition at the time, the windham hill label was tiny at the time, and Basho's music was later neglected when it became a major label because he didn't fit the new age brand



Havey
April 10th 2021


12320 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i checked rym and by my count less than 5% of ratings were placed before 2013, and the wiki suggests the 2013 reissue caused renewed interest in Basho's music. prior to this, i think venus in cancer was his most popular alb by far

AsleepInTheBack
Emeritus
July 3rd 2023


10745 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ridiculously good review

DadKungFu
Emeritus
July 3rd 2023


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Damn thank you

Jasdevi087
August 2nd 2023


8176 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this dude is a pretty good reminder that chiropractics is quackery

Ryus
August 2nd 2023


37885 Comments


true. very sad death

lols
August 2nd 2023


261 Comments


is this acoustic djent?

Ryus
August 2nd 2023


37885 Comments


na its acoustic bop

DadKungFu
Emeritus
May 31st 2024


6144 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Chiropractors killed Robbie Basho never forgive never forget



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