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Albums similar to Talking Timbuktu

Ask lots of people what their five favorite albums are, and if Toure/Cooder - Talking Timbuktu is on their list, these other records tend to be there too. Music recommendations from real people, not AI.

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  1. The Band - The Band1969Spotify
  2. Grateful Dead - Live Dead1988Spotify
  3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited1965Spotify
  4. Caetano Veloso - Circuladô1991Spotify
  5. Cesária Évora - Cesaria EvoraSpotify
  6. Hector Zazou - Songs from the Cold SeasSpotify
  7. Khaled - Khaled1991Spotify
  8. Los Mu Equitos De Matanzas - VacunaoSpotify
  9. Manu Dibango - LA Fete a ManuSpotify
  10. Mose Allison - I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'1968Spotify
  11. Salif Keita - Mansa of Mali...a Retrospectiv1994Spotify
  12. Serge Gainsbourg - Harley Davidson Son of a BitchSpotify
  13. Síntesis - Ancestros 21994Spotify
  14. The Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid1960Spotify
  15. Working Week - Black & Gold1991Spotify
  16. Branford Marsalis - I Heard You Twice the First Time1992Spotify
  17. Zero - Chance in a Million1994Spotify
  18. Talking Heads - Remain in Light1980Spotify
  19. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted1990Spotify
  20. June Tabor - Against the Streams1994Spotify
  21. Levellers - Zeitgeist1995Spotify
  22. Talking Heads - Best Of:once in a LifetimeSpotify
  23. Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver1980Spotify
  24. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal1985Spotify
  25. Combustible Edison - I, Swinger1994Spotify
  26. Dick Dale - Tribal Thunder1993Spotify
  27. Lenny Kravitz - Circus1995Spotify
  28. Sky Cries Mary - This Timeless Turning1994Spotify
  29. The Brand New Heavies - The Brand New Heavies1990Spotify
  30. Man or Astro‐Man? - Destroy All Astro-men1994Spotify

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Albums on this list with a page here: The Band - The Band, Grateful Dead - Live Dead, Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited, Talking Heads - Remain in Light, Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver, Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal, Combustible Edison - I, Swinger, Dick Dale - Tribal Thunder