Out To Lunch! (studio album) by Eric Dolphy

Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 878th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 373 votes)
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Award Top 5 albums of 1964 (5th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1960s (96th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (878th)
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 373 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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65/100
From 10/14/2022 11:26
I'm not a big fan of experimental jazz, but this one was not too bad, and this guy definitely had talent.
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55/100
From 07/13/2022 09:42
There is some interesting experimentation on this album but I don't think it completely comes together and it struggles with remaining consistent. There are some great moments of instrumentation on here and a few of the compositions are fantastic. I do also enjoy the way he switches the leading instrument multiple times throughout the record as it keeps the music fresh and demonstrates the quality Dolphy has on each one. My favourite is probably the bass clarinet on Something Sweet, Something Tender. However, the album can feel confused at times and like there is too much going on so it clouds the sound they are going for. Furthermore, a few of the backing instrumentalists aren't fantastic and they do give some poor performances. I think that is best displayed on the title track with it sounding a bit chaotic. Overall, there is some great stuff to find on here but that cannot be maintained for the whole release and I think the record is really carried by Eric Dolphy.
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85/100
From 05/02/2022 08:52
Very original and eternal.
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From 12/14/2020 18:37
50/100

Best track: Something Sweet
Worst track: Hat and Beard
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From 11/29/2020 16:25
Fantástico! Mto da vanguarda paulistana veio daqui!
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From 08/03/2019 13:44
I must say it didn’t really sit with me. Definitely some interesting things going on in terms of structure, but at a certain point the dissonance becomes too much to parse through
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From 01/09/2019 03:02
Seminal jazz/sax album. Excellent composition and playing. Music marvelously has one foot in each world: traditional and progressive, and really pulls out off.
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70/100
From 04/25/2018 19:28
Mother, why is he naked? (and why do I dig the track with the lowest rating..)
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From 03/01/2018 20:54
Definitely ot what I was expecting, but an interesting listen nonetheless. I thought this was some sort of hard-bop album, but its quite the avante-garde/free jazz record instead. I'm not really digging the vibraphone sound right now, but I'm sure it will grow on me
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From 08/20/2017 21:52
Dolphy can do anything on this record. A great place to start if you're looking to get into jazz.
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