Chavez Ravine
by Ry Cooder
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Jun 14, 2005
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35

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15
#15 Best Album of 2005

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Amazon.com
    70
    The result is an CD that sounds like it's aspiring to be something far more ambitious: a DVD, a theatrical production, even a time machine.
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  2. The Guardian
    80
    It's a very clever album, and at times easier to admire than to simply enjoy because there is so much going on.
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  3. Uncut
    80
    With Chavez Ravine he has performed another ethnomusicological miracle, opening a can of worms while drawing us deep into the musical heart of a lost community. [Jul 2005, p.90]
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