The Blues And The Abstract Truth (studio album)
by Oliver Nelson
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The Blues And The Abstract Truth is ranked as the best album by Oliver Nelson.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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70/100  | 06/07/2025 11:11 | MrOlan | | 76/100 |
80/100 | 06/03/2025 13:54 | colabunga | | 81/100 |
60/100 | 05/31/2025 14:15 | Elauqsapid | | 63/100 |
85/100 | 05/28/2025 11:50 | cicadelic | | 73/100 |
90/100 | 03/28/2025 10:12 | MarkusKosmo | | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Jboy56 03/10/2022 15:56
Fantastic album.. Yearnin¨¨ whoa
A profound first listening experience, and it holds up through the rest. Makes Zappa's appreciation for Dolphy seem more than reasonable, and maybe even less than one's own?
VictorVale 11/17/2020 17:38
Obra-prima! Poderia ser mais aclamada e conhecida!
2nd-Impressions 10/18/2020 23:50
78/100
Favourite track: Stolen Moments
Worst tracks: Butch and Butch, Teenie's Blues (both still ranked at 7/10!)
OldToad 07/09/2019 00:08
Bill Evans gets a bit overshadowed here; he's great, but he's not mic-ed up great and he's not bringing the harder edges the other players are. Eric Dolphy on this album, oh my god. Check out Yearnin', where he plays the last part of the head with total precision, and then immediately goes wailing into his best deconstructin'-and-rockin' mode. Nelson himself and Freddie Hubbard keep up stride for stride. The arrangements are great, with George Barrow on baritone sax but taking no solos, just making the head arrangements deeper and sweeter. This deserves the status it has--it regularly makes lists of Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time.
Fischman 12/26/2018 23:23
A masterful album! With the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Paul Chambers and Bill Evans at your side, you know you can't go wrong. The opening cut is sheer perfection
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