Devendra BanhartBest Devendra Banhart Albums Ranked
7.3
Avg Score
28
Opinions
11
Albums
7
Reviewers
Summary from 28 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Devendra Banhart's catalog across 11 albums from 28 opinions, with an overall average of 7.3/10. The top-rated Devendra Banhart album is Rejoicing in the Hands (2004) with a 8.9/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Cripple Crow and Niño Rojo. The discography on Wavelength spans 2002 to 2023. Little Yellow Spider ranks as the highest-rated Devendra Banhart song on Wavelength with a 8.6/10 average.
Cripple Crow
“Devendra Banhart's fourth album corrals the combined talents of the loose-knit freak-folk community; the result is one of the scene's most accessible and engaging records.”
Rejoicing in the Hands
“You and I listen to more music than anyone in the history of civilization. I don't mean more than your friend or that guy on that message board who seems to know about every buzz-worthy leaked CD before anyone else, but rather, more than any previous generation of active music fans. Think about all our MP3s and CDRs, the stuff we actually buy, and then add in the music we hear once and immediately”
Niño Rojo
“Freak-folk progenitor Devendra Banhart's second full-length this year offers a separate collection of songs recorded during the same sessions as this spring's masterful Rejoicing in the Hands, effectively serving as its counterpart.”
oh me oh My....
“He possesses a warble I won't soon forget, and if that isn't the mark of a classic balladeer I don't know what is-- except that he can paint a wild picture of slow snails, cold snow, the Charles C. Leary, and very nice people. There are probably thousands of nomadic, dark troubadours who would stumble upon some surrealist notion of wisdom if given the time and the audience, but 21-year-old Devendr”
The Black Babies
“It's the middle of the night. You're sound asleep. Suddenly, the phone rings and all the sweet, sweet serotonin gets sucked straight from your brain in a mere instant. So now you're awake, but you're too tired to get up and answer the phone. The machine picks up, and someone on the other end starts plucking a guitar and singing in a vaguely creepy, almost gender neutral tenor. It's bone-chilling i”
Mala
“Having eased back significantly since 2009's ambitious What Will We Be, Banhart draws from pre-Beatles concepts of pop and rock on Mala, and writes from distinctly non-punk perspectives such as loving with levity, and aging with grace.”
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