Lady In Satin
by Billie Holiday
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Lady In Satin is ranked as the best album by Billie Holiday.
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Lady In Satin track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Lady In Satin rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 25 Music Albums of the 1950s | 17/25 | 7 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 38 Music Albums of the 1950s | 15/38 | 13 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 39 Music Albums of 1958 | 4/39 | 5 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 16 Music Albums of 1958 | 3/16 | 4 |
| 2026 |  JR | Top 34 Music Albums of the 1950s | 26/34 | 5 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 20 Music Albums of the 1950s | 7/20 | 14 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 33 Music Albums of the 1950s | 7/33 | 16 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s | 5/60 | 19 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 21 Music Albums of 1958 | 2/21 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 37 Music Albums of the 1950s | 28/37 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 385 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,227 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 16:22 | Siromynian | 1,708 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2026 00:18 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 22:01 |  MagicSix | 1,120 | 60/100 |
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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 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Lady In Satin forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 30 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5451): By ffudnebbuh neilgee 06/22/2026 18:50 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 10/25/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#5059): Lady In Satin by Billie HolidayLady In Satin comments
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ilovelctr 07/10/2013 00:12 | #80778 | TOP COMMENT
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I felt heartbroken by the imperfection of her voice on this one every time I listened to this... For Heaven's Sake is one of the most beautiful love ballads I've ever heard. (Edited)
Lady's voice is shot to pieces by the time she records Lady in Satin, but her ability to spin a song and make it her own is still unobscured. (Edited)
A beautiful album. Lady in satin, is full of haunting, aching ballads that in lesser hands would sound like easy listening. Billie Holiday puts her heart and soul into these songs, her voice cracking with emotion and experience, it's certainly shot by this time but it's as authentic as ever. There are brilliant versions of, I'm a fool to want you, glad to be unhappy, and, you've changed, with, for heaven's sake, and, i get along without you very well, also highlights. This is a real singer, like Sinatra, someone who lives the song, at least for the time they're singing it, putting recent versions of these songs by legendary rock stars to shame. Great album. (Edited)
Although I'm not as in love with this record as many here, I do find this a rich record from an aging singer filled with emotion, life experience and reflection. Billie's raw voice is past her prime but is drenched with the knowing heartache that comes with surviving life. While it doesn't wow me with perfect pitch or articulation, it does leave me respectful of her life and her artistry. It's a singer giving her best at the end, and that's still very good.
Best tracks: You Don't Know What Love Is, The End of a Love Affair. (Edited)
patriciatoledo 08/01/2017 21:44 | #195336 | TOP COMMENT
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Her voice is heartbreaking and very very touching and strong... an album to listen to in a melancholic afternoon. (Edited)
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