Miles Ahead
by Miles Davis + 19

Miles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 2,284th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 153 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1957 (12th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (64th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,284th)

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Miles Davis + 19 bestography

Miles Ahead is ranked 13th best out of 126 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 37 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,824.

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Miles Ahead rankings

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Overall rank: 2,284th | 1950s rank: 64th | 1957 rank: 12th
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2026Johnnyomale solo artists (2 B deleted)26/99 -
2026JohnnyoAll that jazz (ish)55/76 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 45 Music Albums of 195741/451
2026fabm0List 195710/26 -
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195752/1002
2026 AAL2014Top 64 Music Albums of the 1950s40/648
2026Juneof44Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s80/1004
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums in March 2021 (To delete)72/95 -
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s70/1006
2026 AAL2014Miles Davis... So Far...33/40 -
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums of June 202144/99 -
2026 Patman360Top 32 Music Albums of 19574/325
2026JohnnyoMost listened to studio albums of 2021 (101 - 200) (To delete)14/99 -
2025blueandthemoonTop 27 Music Albums of the 1950s15/2710
2025TodFitzTop 62 Music Albums of 19575/625
2025 Larcx13Top 53 Music Albums of the 1950s23/5312
2025WayneMCUncut The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1950s (1-100)51/100 -
2025JohnnyoTop 38 Music Albums of the 1950s28/386
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s59/1008
2025 AAL2014Top 21 Music Albums of 195710/213
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 152
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 705
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79/100 (from 153 votes)
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02/08/2026 15:12 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,26172/100
 
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12/23/2025 19:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79370/100
 
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07/25/2025 17:55 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,04272/100

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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 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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95/100
From 05/18/2023 17:24 | #297065
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!
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85/100
From 02/21/2021 13:28 | #266575
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.
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From 03/07/2016 21:42 | #161501
His phrasing is amazing, his skill is unsurpassed.
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From 06/06/2015 00:10 | #143134
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.
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Best Albums of 1957
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2. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
3. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
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5. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
6. 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis
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8. After School Session by Chuck Berry
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10. Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
11. Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk Septet
12. Miles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19
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14. Dance Album by Carl Perkins
15. After Midnight by Nat King Cole
16. Singin' The Blues by B.B. King
17. Way Out West by Sonny Rollins
18. Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps by Gene Vincent
19. Singin' To My Baby by Eddie Cochran With The Johnny Mann Orchestra And Chorus
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