Lush Life
by John Coltrane

Lush Life by John Coltrane
Year: 1961
Overall rank: 10,450th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 65 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1961 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (750th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,450th)

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John Coltrane bestography

Lush Life is ranked 24th best out of 88 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 74 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,507.

John Coltrane album bestography « Higher ranked (10,383rd)
Coltrane Plays The Blues
This album (10,450th)
Lush Life
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Lush Life

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Yoron Israel and “Organic” A Celebration of John Coltrane’s Centennial Birth Year
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Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles Davis & John Coltrane at 100
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José James Presents Facing East: The Music of John Coltrane with Special Guest Ron Blake
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Overall rank: 10,450th | 1960s rank: 750th | 1961 rank: 41st

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Lush Life ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 65 votes)
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75/100
 
12/21/2025 02:52 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,04670/100
 
75/100
 
12/01/2025 20:15 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100
 
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11/20/2025 15:45 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  6,89484/100
 
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11/07/2025 16:38 Hayden  Ratings distribution  7,53272/100
 
70/100
 
12/08/2024 21:53 bcc  Ratings distribution  1,13268/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.

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From 12/06/2018 07:35 | #226328
It was a tough choice by this is my fav album of 1961
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From 11/16/2016 17:33 | #178531
Yet another superb Coltrane record. Excellent music.
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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
7. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
8. Showcase by Patsy Cline
9. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
10. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
11. This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
12. The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
13. West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording) by Various Artists
14. Someday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet
15. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane by Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
16. Djangology by Django Reinhardt
17. Lonely And Blue by Roy Orbison
18. A Night In Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
19. Out Of The Cool by Gil Evans Orchestra
20. Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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