Red Clay
by Freddie Hubbard

Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-05-00
Overall rank: 5,559th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 63 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (97th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (877th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,559th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Red Clay rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,559th | 1970s rank: 877th | 1970 rank: 97th  Overall chart history
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2026HyggevinylTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s58/1009
2026byuzakTop 38 Music Albums of 19705/384
2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 197061/1002
2026 RockyRaccoonJazz #101-20060/100 -
2026byuzakTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s51/10010
2026matterhornriderTop 72 Music Albums of 197068/720
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197058/1002
2026stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s48/10011
2026 baystateoftheartTop 92 Music Albums of 197038/923
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 197070/1002
2026HyggevinylTop 56 Music Albums of 19704/565
2026PurpleHazelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s68/1007
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 19702/1005
2026stangetzawayTop 57 Music Albums of 19706/575
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 197088/1001
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197024/1004
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s70/1006
2025 PasticheTop 37 Music Albums of 197035/370
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197036/502
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 197014/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 71
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 248
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 63 votes)
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05/07/2026 05:14 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,13481/100
 
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04/30/2025 20:24 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,58769/100

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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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Myabe its just because everything that Herbie Hancock touched in this era was awesome, but this is quite a cool album (Edited)
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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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