Music IS
by Bill Frisell
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Bill Frisell bestography
Music IS is ranked 25th best out of 37 albums by Bill Frisell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Frisell is Have A Little Faith which is ranked number 11155 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 107.
(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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Music IS track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Music IS rankings summary
Overall rank: 58,930th | 2010s rank: 14,790th | 2018 rank: 1,501st 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 | byuzak | Top 66 Music Albums of 2018 | 24/66 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 53 Music Albums of 2018 | 41/53 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Bill Frisell Albums Ranked | 13/30 | - |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Jazz of the 2010s | 61/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/04/2025 00:25 | Skerns | 5,213 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2021 14:08 | byuzak | 3,254 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2018 15:53 | Fischman | 11,898 | 66/100 |
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Music IS forum mentions
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From rkm 06/28/2018 12:12 in 2018 Albums
“Can't help but feeling Kamasi is just treading the same ground at this point? I used to dismiss his critics, but I've found myself unable to ignore some of their points on this record. Tired of the 'epic' sound that worked on 'The Epic' (funnily enough), but another 2.5 hours of it and I feel like…”
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