Back At The Chicken Shack
by Jimmy Smith
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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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/31/2026 13:21 | Leginlists | 3,774 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2026 08:55 | cicadelic | 13,658 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 16:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,463 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2025 01:17 | Proto | 4,246 | 33/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 20:33 | Jakor | 5,508 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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jazz hammond swings
teague 09/10/2020 00:12 | #257982
I love this kind of jazz.
Fischman 12/12/2018 04:57 | #226832 | TOP COMMENT
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Jimmy's most popular album and understandably so as it's really a fun listen throughout.
JulianR 11/25/2017 21:17 | #202079 | TOP COMMENT
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great groovy blues-based jazz
and to address Spinout below, it was recorded in 1960 but wasn't released until 1963
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."
Isn't this album from 1960?
Cool jazz. Great groove running through this record. Perfect for chilling out too. Excellent.
This is a damn good record!
Excellent jazz record featuring, of all things, the organ as the featured instrument. But the saxophonist is no slouch either.
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