The Soothsayer
by Wayne Shorter
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Wayne Shorter bestography
The Soothsayer is ranked 15th best out of 22 albums by Wayne Shorter on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wayne Shorter is Speak No Evil which is ranked number 1466 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,168.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Soothsayer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Soothsayer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 49 Music Albums of 1979 | 7/49 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1979 | 27/41 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 30/87 | 3 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Wayne Shorter: So Far.. | 13/15 | - |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | stangetzaway | Favourite Jazz Albums | 53/100 | - |
| 2022 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1979 | 14/20 | 2 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Wayne Shorter Albums Ranked | 8/20 | - |
| 2018 | rkm | Top 24 Music Albums of 1979 | 23/24 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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The Soothsayer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/06/2026 03:41 | AAL2014 | 4,316 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2023 08:18 | LosWochos | 47,548 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2020 16:09 | Hinkuvinku | 3,085 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.2.
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The Soothsayer forum mentions
SleepDealer 04/25/2019 10:26 in What album are you listening to right now?The Soothsayer comments
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Fantastic smooth and well produced album from Shorter in his mid sixties peak.
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