Somethin' Else
by Cannonball Adderley
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Somethin' Else is ranked as the best album by Cannonball Adderley.
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Somethin' Else track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Somethin' Else rankings summary
Overall rank: 586th | 1950s rank: 13th | 1958 rank: 4th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | Jazz | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 83 Music Albums of 1958 | 15/83 | 4 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time | 29/50 | - |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 17 Music Albums of 1958 | 17/17 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 8 Music Albums of the 1950s | 5/8 | 10 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 27 Music Albums of the 1950s | 12/27 | 12 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 2 Music Albums of 1958 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2026 | downandout | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 14/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | JAZZ | 12/40 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 11/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 353 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,907 | |||
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| ! | 09/15/2026 07:38 | ssteve | 2,627 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:20 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 15:39 | slimharpo | 1,486 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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I'm not generally an alto fan, but this album made me a believer. Adderley was the master of the alto and this is his finest work. The ensemble are tight and lay down jazz that is hot, cool and swinging. Two big thumbs up.
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Untitled TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/13/2023 22:12 | #292818 | TOP COMMENT
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The combination of trumpet, sax and piano on this record is deadly. All three put in incredible performances across the whole album which makes for a consistently fantastic listen. They combine the best on the first 2 tracks which is 18 minutes of pure jazz brilliance that I fell in love with right from the first time I heard it. The final 2 tracks are close behind with them being fantastic as well. However, I never really got the middle song and I always thought it didn't suit the album very well. I wouldn't say it is a bad song but just a little bit out of place and it does suck you out of the album. With that being said the rest of the music is so good that it makes me forget about that slower section. Overall, the compositions are beautiful, the performances are amazing and the whole record is a joy to experience. (Edited)
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OldToad 12/18/2020 03:06 | #262840 | TOP COMMENT
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Basically, this is a Miles album--he takes the first solo on most of the tracks, wrote the title track, and the arrangements of the standards on side one especially just sound like your typical mid-50s Miles Davis thing. Cannonball does take the lead on the last couple of tracks. Not that it matters. It's just weird--you say "Wow, Miles is a sideman on this album, that's sort of unusual..." and then you listen and you say, "Oh, no he isn't." At any rate, it's a very good album, whoever was in charge.
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replacementlevel 07/30/2013 19:59 | #82749 | TOP COMMENT
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I tend to put my jazz collection down for months at a time and when I do, I return to Miles or Mingus. But every time this one makes its way into my ears I remember why it's my favorite jazz album. Every track is perfect.
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toast223 11/11/2021 13:30 | #276156 | TOP COMMENT
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A Miles Davis album in disguise, this is some good Jazz to listen to on a rainy day.
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