Monk's Dream
by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
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The Thelonious Monk Quartet bestography
Monk's Dream is ranked 2nd best out of 54 albums by Thelonious Monk on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Thelonious Monk is Brilliant Corners which is ranked number 582 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,916.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Monk's Dream track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Monk's Dream 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 | matterhornrider | Top 20 Music Albums of 1963 | 9/20 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 74 Music Albums of 1963 | 18/74 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 68 Music Albums of 1963 | 3/68 | 5 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 36 Music Albums of 1963 | 11/36 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | jazz related abums (2 B deleted) | 7/10 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '55 to '64 | 28/40 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 30 Music Albums of 1963 | 26/30 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | North Carolina | 49/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 222 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,010 | |||
Monk's Dream collection
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Monk's Dream ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/15/2026 00:36 | Skerns | 5,216 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2026 02:10 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2026 08:12 | leobaraza | 32 | 67/100 |
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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 79.6/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Monk's Dream forum mentions
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Monk's Dream comments
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Monk was certainly a musician's musician. One of the greatest to ever do it.
Monk's first album in 2 years and his debut with Columbia. Classy and enjoyable fare. Repays the dilligent listener.
Komorebi-D 03/23/2017 08:00 | #187931 | TOP COMMENT
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Definitely deserves its spot up with the Jazz essentials. Just so much to take in.
One of Monk's defining records, and a landmark recording in jazz. A great addition to anyone's collection of essentials.
Essential tracks: Monk's Dream, Body and Soul, Five Spot Blues
Out of all the lineups, this could be the one that allows him to shine the brightest.
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