Red Clay
by Freddie Hubbard
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Freddie Hubbard bestography
Red Clay is ranked as the best album by Freddie Hubbard.
(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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Red Clay track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Red Clay rankings
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 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 74 Music Albums of 1970 | 69/74 | 0 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 56 Music Albums of 1970 | 4/56 | 5 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz #101-200 | 60/100 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 57 Music Albums of 1970 | 6/57 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 58/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 71 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 248 | |||
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Red Clay ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/07/2026 05:14 | matterhornrider | 5,150 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2026 02:55 | stangetzaway | 2,318 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2026 02:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,564 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Forum mentions
Jboy56 01/04/2022 17:42 in What album are you listening to right now?
baystateoftheart 02/09/2020 21:46 in Black History Month Listening Project (Third Annual)Red Clay comments
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JulianR 02/12/2018 19:14 | #207881 | TOP COMMENT
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Myabe its just because everything that Herbie Hancock touched in this era was awesome, but this is quite a cool album (Edited)
Fischman 12/14/2016 20:54 | #180139 | TOP COMMENT
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This post-bop/soul-jazz/fusion album defies categorization, but is easily classified as a masterpiece. The composition and presentation are outstanding. Freddie's all star ensemble includes the likes of Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, and Lenny White for the ultimate dream team capable of bringing this both traditional and forward looking musical vision to complete fruition. (Edited)
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