Bitches Brew
by Miles Davis

Album
Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-03-30
Overall rank: 154th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 1,215 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1970 (6th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 1970s (39th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (154th)

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Miles Davis bestography

Bitches Brew is ranked 2nd best out of 127 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 36 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,873.

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Bitches Brew track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Pharaoh's Dance
Average Rating: 88 (200 votes)Comments: View 1
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Bitches Brew
Average Rating: 89 (203 votes)Comments: View 2
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Spanish Key
Average Rating: 88 (186 votes)Comments: View 2
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John Mclaughlin
Average Rating: 84 (165 votes)Comments: View 1
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Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
Average Rating: 88 (182 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sanctuary
Average Rating: 86 (163 votes)Comments: View 0

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Bitches Brew rankings

Bitches Brew rankings summary
Overall rank: 154th | 1970s rank: 39th | 1970 rank: 6th  Overall chart history
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Bitches Brew ratings

Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 1,215 votes)
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 !		17 hours ago ecocruzr  Ratings distribution  17069/100
 
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 !		08/21/2026 11:01 SPOTLIGHTKID  Ratings distribution  2892/100

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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 84.1/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.


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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 141 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5411): By Juneof44
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Juneof44 () 1. by (1966) 2. by (1969) 3. by (1973) 4. by (1967) 5. by (1971) 7. by (1979) 8. by (1971) 9. by (1986) 10. (1994) 11. by (1959) 12. (1964) 13. by by (1965) 15. by (1975) 16. by by (1969) 18. by (2007) 19. (1972) 21. (1971) 22.…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5395): By areminder
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1999) 2. (1986) 3. by by (1965) 5. by (1969) 6. by (1988) 7. by by (1999) 9. by (1959) 10. (1977) 11. by (1970) 12. by (1966) 14. (2009) 15. (1977) 16. (1969) 17. by (1969) 20. by (1968) 21. by (1971) 22. by (1968) 23. by (1965) 24.…”
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From BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1970) 2. by by (1965) 4. (1980) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (1959) 8. by by (1985) 10. by (1967) 12. by (1971) 13. by (1959) 14. by (1970) 15. by (1968) 16. by by (1979) 19. by (1966) 20. by (1969) 21. by (1960) 22. by (1959) 23. by…”
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From 01/25/2026 13:58 | #312803
Maybe a tad long, but very interesting! (Edited)
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From 02/09/2024 00:52 | #301833
Very ethereal and entranced.
A way more interesting Miles than Kind of Blue-era for sure.
Its like its trumpet is painting the landscape the band's creating. (Edited)
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From 09/19/2022 23:01 | #289809
Mais uma virada de carreira em uma deliciosa viagem lisérgica. Toda vez que eu ouço eu caio em algum lugar diferente, descubro novas maravilhas.
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From 08/07/2022 04:40 | #288223
I hear something new every time I listen to this record. Wonderful jazz fusion! (Edited)
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From 07/01/2022 23:33 | #286938
This album is an absolutely great experience and journey, great funky jazz from srart to finish. (Edited)
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