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Blue Train (album) by John Coltrane 

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Blue Train
Blue Train by John Coltrane (1957)
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 126 votes)
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Accolades: Top 5 albums of 1957 (2nd)
Top 10 albums of the 1950s (8th)
Top 1,000 albums of all time (711th)

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Blue Train is an album by John Coltrane. It is ranked number 711 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,584 from 76 greatest album charts.

Blue Train is ranked number 2 in the best albums of 1957 and number 8 in the best albums of the 1950s.

In total, there are 31 music albums by John Coltrane which appear in the greatest album charts and Blue Train is NOT ranked as the best. The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 113 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,502.

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1.Blue Train
81/100 (18 votes)Amazon MP3
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2.Moment's Notice
79/100 (11 votes)Amazon MP3
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3.Locomotion
78/100 (13 votes)Amazon MP3
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4.I'm Old Fashioned
79/100 (11 votes)Amazon MP3
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5.Lazy Bird
78/100 (15 votes)Amazon MP3
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated.)

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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 126 votes)
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From sethmadsen 09/02/2012 04:03
Not a big fan of the solos. Overall music structure is good though.
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From martintho 06/20/2012 13:28
my fav Colt so far in my looong life. no apparent noise.
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From covecove 11/08/2011 22:25
This is what you may call a perfect album...
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2. Blue Train by John Coltrane
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4. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
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