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Birth Of The Cool (album) by Miles Davis 

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Birth Of The Cool
Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis (1957)
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 125 votes)
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Accolades: Top 5 albums of 1957 (3rd)
Top 10 albums of the 1950s (9th)
Top 1,000 albums of all time (857th)

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Birth Of The Cool is an album by Miles Davis. It is ranked number 857 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,287 from 66 greatest album charts.

Birth Of The Cool is ranked number 3 in the best albums of 1957 and number 9 in the best albums of the 1950s.

In total, there are 68 music albums by Miles Davis which appear in the greatest album charts and Birth Of The Cool is NOT ranked as the best. The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 44 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,256.

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Members who like this album also like: Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis, Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus.

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Birth Of The Cool track list

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1.Move
80/100 (15 votes)Amazon MP3
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2.Jeru
78/100 (12 votes)Amazon MP3
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3.Moon Dreams
75/100 (11 votes)Amazon MP3
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4.Venus De Milo
78/100 (12 votes)Amazon MP3
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5.Budo
78/100 (12 votes)Amazon MP3
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6.Deception
78/100 (11 votes)Amazon MP3
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7.Godchild
80/100 (13 votes)Amazon MP3
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8.Boplicity
78/100 (13 votes)Amazon MP3
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9.Rocker
78/100 (11 votes)Amazon MP3
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10.Israel
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11.Rouge
77/100 (13 votes)Amazon MP3
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12.Darn That Dream
77/100 (11 votes)Amazon MP3
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated.)

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81/100 (from 125 votes)
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80/100
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From sethmadsen 04/13/2013 12:05
Solid jazz album. Not too pretentious, not overwhelming, just straight good classic jazz.
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From Rufus 08/23/2012 00:10
Classic Miles Davis, meaning it's a must have for jazz aficionados. Fave track = Jeru.
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