Miles Ahead
by Miles Davis + 19
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Miles Ahead is ranked 14th best out of 128 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 36 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,884.
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Miles Ahead track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Miles Ahead rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 74 Music Albums of the 1950s | 47/74 | 8 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 27 Music Albums of the 1950s | 15/27 | 10 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums of June 2021 | 44/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1957 | 4/34 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | All that jazz (ish) | 55/77 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Miles Davis... So Far... | 33/40 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 9 Music Albums of 1957 | 6/9 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to studio albums of 2021 (101 - 200) (To delete) | 14/99 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 46 Music Albums of 1957 | 42/46 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 152 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 699 | |||
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Miles Ahead ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/09/2026 16:48 | VeVt | 98 | 39/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 21:45 | Johnnyo | 9,847 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 15:12 | Hyggevinyl | 4,482 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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The first of the Gil Evans collaborations. Years ago, I would get baked during baseball's playoffs and watch the games with the sound off and Miles Ahead playing. It was uncanny how many times the ebb and flow of the game matched the music.
Or maybe it was just the weed. (Edited)
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/21/2021 13:28 | #266575 | TOP COMMENT
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As far as I can tell, this is Miles Davis's first foray into Third Stream and it is great. The way each piece blends together is magnificent. And Davis blows it out of the water with his playing, as he always does. I also love the little bits of cool jazz that are thrown in there. Makes for a really pleasant listening experience. Think Birth of the Cool mixed with Sketches of Spain and you've got this album, even though it's more than that. This is actually up there for me as one of my favorite Miles Davis records. Really really enjoyed this album. (Edited)
Miles is in the groove for tracks 3-6, and then on tracks 9 and 10. The orchestra is clearly in-step with Miles; They certainly plan as one unit. Not a weak piece anywhere. It was so good, I listened to the expanded CD edition with an extra 15 minutes of music.
This is the album, in my opinion, that showed that Miles could not only do extended jazz pieces, but could effortlessly stretch his solos from one track to another to another. If Miles was considered a first-rate musician before this, after this, it was clear he was a Virtuoso. 9.5/10!
His phrasing is amazing, his skill is unsurpassed.
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