Hard Bop
by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers bestography
Hard Bop is ranked 26th best out of 66 albums by Art Blakey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Art Blakey is Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers which is ranked number 479 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,538.
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Hard Bop track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Hard Bop rankings
Hard Bop rankings summary
Overall rank: 47,068th | 1950s rank: 1,305th | 1957 rank: 205th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 62 Music Albums of 1957 | 43/62 | 2 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 53 Music Albums of 1957 | 30/53 | 2 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Art Blakey Albums Ranked | 37/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/20/2022 04:25 | Gendjar | 4,749 | 56/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2020 06:06 | stangetzaway | 2,321 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2019 14:41 | morphee | 1,218 | 83/100 |
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From matterhornrider 08/22/2020 15:46 in What album are you listening to right now?
“Thanks Stangetzaway for posting this. I'm giving this a listen!”
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