In A Silent Way
by Miles Davis
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Miles Davis bestography
In A Silent Way is ranked 3rd 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 20,854.
(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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In A Silent Way track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 90 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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In A Silent Way rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 61 Music Albums of the 1960s | 37/61 | 8 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  covecove | All That Jazz... | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time | 7/50 | - |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 70 Music Albums of 1969 | 48/70 | 2 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 80 Music Albums of 1969 | 1/80 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 57 Music Albums of 1969 | 29/57 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 810 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7,543 | |||
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In A Silent Way ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/29/2026 23:49 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 02:12 | iann97 | 2,206 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 02:45 |  AvalancheGrips | 784 | 85/100 |
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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 86.1/100, a mean average of 84.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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In A Silent Way forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 16 hours ago in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 09/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5448): By Glitterboiii BestEverAlbums 09/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5436): By RiveraIn A Silent Way comments
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My favourite ever album. Complex, and simple, assured but experimental. Done in one session! with the best jazz musicians assembled, they were all on form. You cannot "get" this music, it seems to change and surprise and delight at every playing. Mature, confident, engaging and rewarding. The more you play the better it gets. The pinnacle output of a genius! It takes you to levels that other artists can only dream about. The best album ever made. (Edited)
This is beautiful and I like the way it is sparse. Bitches Brew is great too, but can feel overwhelming. This album has a more accessible sound without sacrificing on the experimentation. Essential for anyone with an open mind to ambitious music. (Edited)
A beautiful album and one of the best albums ever. It marked the beginning of a new, more electric era for Miles (that would lead to other masterpieces like Bitches Brew and On the Corner). It's got a calm, relaxed atmosphere that few other albums can produce. It also paved the way for the ambient genre, which again just adds to how much of a pioneer Miles was. Anyone who likes Kind of Blue should hear this. (Edited)
Miles Davis, it's a love story. A love story of a man with his instrument, a man with his life, his disappointments, his women, his fans, his musicians, his detractors, his drugs, his music, his soul ... Miles has been in perpetual quest. "In A Silent Way" is a transitional album, a spin from Miles' discography. The beginning of his electric period, the best period in my opinion. This is the most textural album of the master of jazz (yes, I say master). "In A Silent Way" is a sensual, almost erotic ode. I could listen to this record in a loop, whole days, as it is simple and direct with the listener. A record at the border of materiality, feeling like a vapor in the "ambient". And just for those minutes suspended in space, Miles Davis release an exceptional jazz album and, once again, revolutionary.
10/10
Best track: "In A Silent Way/It's About That Time" (Edited)
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/22/2017 22:29 | #199939 | TOP COMMENT
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Calm like Kind of Blue, electric and eccentric like Bitches Brew, and awesome like the both of them (Edited)
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