Back At The Chicken Shack
by Jimmy Smith

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith
Year: 1963
Overall rank: 4,081st   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 108 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1963 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (345th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,081st)

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Back At The Chicken Shack is ranked as the best album by Jimmy Smith.

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Back At The Chicken Shack rankings

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Overall rank: 4,081st | 1960s rank: 345th | 1963 rank: 19th

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73/100 (from 108 votes)
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55/100
From 01/30/2021 14:17 | #265322
jazz hammond swings
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From 09/10/2020 00:12 | #257982
I love this kind of jazz.
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From 12/12/2018 04:57 | #226832
Jimmy's most popular album and understandably so as it's really a fun listen throughout.
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From 09/05/2017 06:43 | #197311
Jimmy Smith's most popular album and often considered his best, but too much of Stanley Turrentine's tenor and not nearly enough organ for my taste. I recommend "House Party" over this if you like straight-ahead jazz, and if you want to hear Smith stretching out on the organ, check out "Groovin' at Small's Paradise."
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From 09/01/2016 12:08 | #173964
Isn't this album from 1960?
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From 08/09/2016 23:23 | #172660
Cool jazz. Great groove running through this record. Perfect for chilling out too. Excellent.
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From 02/16/2016 00:03 | #159855
This is a damn good record!
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Best Albums of 1963
1. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus
2. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
3. Please Please Me by The Beatles
4. James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown
5. With The Beatles by The Beatles
6. Night Beat by Sam Cooke
7. Monk's Dream by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
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9. Samba Esquema Novo by Jorge Ben
10. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane by Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
11. Money Jungle by Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach
12. Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell
13. Night Train by Oscar Peterson Trio
14. In Dreams by Roy Orbison
15. John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman by John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
16. Surfer Girl by The Beach Boys
17. Beethoven: IX. Symphonie by Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
18. Ballads by John Coltrane Quartet
19. Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith
20. Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys
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