Filles De Kilimanjaro
by Miles Davis

Filles De Kilimanjaro by Miles Davis
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 4,007th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 116 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (83rd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (337th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,007th)

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Miles Davis bestography

Filles De Kilimanjaro is ranked 20th best out of 126 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 37 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,629.

Miles Davis album bestography « Higher ranked (3,792nd)
Nefertiti
This album (4,007th)
Filles De Kilimanjaro
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Dark Magus

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Filles De Kilimanjaro rankings

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Overall rank: 4,007th | 1960s rank: 337th | 1969 rank: 83rd

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80/100 (from 116 votes)
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02/04/2026 08:13 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,44573/100
 
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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 80.5/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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From 01/22/2024 03:12 | #301383
There’s a lot of remarkable things about this album but one that stands out to me is Tony Williams.

This is one of the best recorded examples of Tony redefining how one can use the drum set as an instrument and as a crucial melodic device in the arrangement. All the while, still being the major driving force of the piece too. Absolutely otherworldly.
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From 11/15/2022 15:24 | #291299
One Miles's best album from his 2nd great is a fantastic move from the postbop era to gates of fusion.
This combo can safely be named the SUPER jazz group containing late household namhes. Listening to these late-sixties albums back to back is advisable, and this album must belong to the collection of every severe jazz maniac. As well as the other ones, too.
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From 04/01/2012 19:53 | #39322
My avatar album!
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