Monk's Dream (studio album)
by The Thelonious Monk Quartet

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Monk's Dream by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Year: 1963
Overall rank: 1,619th   
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 226 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1963 (7th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (159th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,619th)

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The Thelonious Monk Quartet bestography

Monk's Dream is ranked 2nd best out of 53 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 2,921.

The Thelonious Monk Quartet album bestography « Higher ranked (582nd)
Brilliant Corners This album (1,619th)
Monk's Dream Lower ranked (2,234th) »
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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).

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Monk's Dream
Average Rating: 82 (40 votes)Comments: View 0
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Body And Soul
Average Rating: 77 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bright Mississippi
Average Rating: 79 (37 votes)Comments: View 1
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Five Spot Blues
Average Rating: 79 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bolivar Blues
Average Rating: 80 (36 votes)Comments: View 0
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Just A Gigolo
Average Rating: 78 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bye-Ya
Average Rating: 79 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sweet And Lovely
Average Rating: 76 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
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Monk's Dream rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,619th | 1960s rank: 159th | 1963 rank: 7th

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Monk's Dream ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 226 votes)
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 !		12/14/2025 21:26 Exist-en-ciel   4,38570/100
 
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 !		11/04/2025 01:16 MaxStorm98   3,80089/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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95/100
From 03/08/2024 13:08 | #302390
A strong album, especially tracks 2-5, where the quartet gets "in the groove." Inspired playing. 9.5/10!
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90/100
From 08/30/2022 16:16 | #289038
Monk is Monk, himself
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From 07/27/2022 00:36 | #287871
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
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80/100
From 02/26/2021 17:44 | #266712
Out of all the lineups, this could be the one that allows him to shine the brightest.
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60/100
From 12/06/2020 23:17 | #262172
61/100

Best tracks: Monks Dream, Body and Soul, Just a Gigolo
Worst tracks: Bolivar Blues, Sweet and Lovely
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85/100
From 05/17/2018 20:58 | #215034
Monk was certainly a musician's musician. One of the greatest to ever do it.
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95/100
From 03/23/2017 08:00 | #187931
Definitely deserves its spot up with the Jazz essentials. Just so much to take in.
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95/100
From 07/07/2016 03:04 | #170735
Monk's first album in 2 years and his debut with Columbia. Classy and enjoyable fare. Repays the dilligent listener.
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