Tijuana Moods (studio album)
by Charles Mingus

Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus
Year: 1962
Overall rank: 3,043rd   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 149 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1962 (8th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (271st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,043rd)

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Charles Mingus bestography

Tijuana Moods is ranked 8th best out of 53 albums by Charles Mingus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Charles Mingus is The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady which is ranked number 92 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,001.

Charles Mingus album bestography « Higher ranked (2,341st)
The Clown
This album (3,043rd)
Tijuana Moods
Lower ranked (4,068th) »
Oh Yeah

(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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Tijuana Moods track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Tijuana Moods rankings

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Overall rank: 3,043rd | 1960s rank: 271st | 1962 rank: 8th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 149 votes)
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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85/100
From 05/30/2022 13:49 | #285817
Interesting...
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From 10/02/2020 04:28 | #258910
80/100

Best track: Ysabel's Table Dance
Worst track: Tijuana Gift Shop

A really great album by one of Jazz's greatest!
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From 12/03/2017 04:40 | #202544
Not far off being amongst his best. Anyone who loves The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady would want this.
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From 03/15/2016 00:32 | #161949
The man had that elusive something. Another great record from a master.
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From 11/27/2011 21:08 | #31562
The Mingus masterpiece. What a really great record!
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Best Albums of 1962
1. Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music by Ray Charles
2. Howlin' Wolf by Howlin' Wolf
3. Waltz For Debby by Bill Evans Trio
4. Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
5. Green Onions by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
6. Go by Dexter Gordon
7. Françoise Hardy (Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles) by Françoise Hardy
8. Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus
9. The Bridge by Sonny Rollins
10. Jazz Samba by Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
11. Oh Yeah by Charles Mingus
12. Crying by Roy Orbison
13. Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard by John Coltrane
14. Takin' Off by Herbie Hancock
15. Surfin' Safari by The Beach Boys
16. Peter, Paul And Mary by Peter, Paul And Mary
17. Mosaic by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
18. Coltrane by John Coltrane Quartet
19. Sentimentally Yours by Patsy Cline
20. Burnin' by John Lee Hooker
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