My Favorite Things
by John Coltrane

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My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
Year: 1961
Release date: 1961-03-00
Overall rank: 612th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 502 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1961 (1st)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1960s (72nd)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (612th)

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John Coltrane bestography

My Favorite Things is ranked 4th best out of 90 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 76 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,620.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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My Favorite Things
Average Rating: 90 (150 votes)Comments: View 1
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Everytime We Say Goodbye
Average Rating: 84 (101 votes)Comments: View 0
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Summertime
Average Rating: 83 (103 votes)Comments: View 0
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But Not For Me
Average Rating: 80 (86 votes)Comments: View 0

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My Favorite Things rankings

My Favorite Things rankings summary
Overall rank: 612th | 1960s rank: 72nd | 1961 rank: 1st  Overall chart history
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My Favorite Things forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5442): By martintho
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by martintho () 1. by (1968) 2. (1968) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1967) 5. (1966) 6. by (1969) 7. by (1968) 8. by (1964) 9. by (1964) 10. by (1969) 11. by (1967) 12. by (1967) 13. (1965) 14. by (1965) 15. by (1963) 16. by (1968) 17. by (1969) 18.…”
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From Romanelli 11/04/2025 21:49 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
“With the addition of the first six albums, I now have, in my physical collection, all of the top 598 on the BEA overall chart. Next is #599, A Trick Of The Tail by Genesis. I now have 814 of the BEA Top 1000 in my collection. Also added these to my collection:”
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From dihansse 12/26/2024 21:07 in My discoveries per year
“Here also only a album I already own/know because nothing anymore on my wishlist: This is a great jazz standard, especially the title track is played with such a souplesse you can't do anything but fall for it so just has to be the at the first rank of 1961 and at the 3rd rank of the first half of…”
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From 01/07/2016 06:06 | #156029 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Sure Coltrane is good... but to think that this album of standards is better than A Love Supreme it's just not getting the point.
The take on "My Favorite Things" is beautiful, even though some parts of the last round of sax solos are redundant.
The take on "Summertime" is powerful... and naturally, the responsible for that is Elvin Jones. What a force of nature.

It's a strongly good album, but A Love Supreme is bigger than life.
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From 11/03/2011 16:14 | #29658 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Is that John Bonham playing on "Summertime"? No? Could've fooled me!

Man, is John Coltrane a genius. Better than A Love Supreme IMO.
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From 06/27/2019 01:07 | #238368 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
After the justly famous take on My Favorite Things and the gorgeous ballad that rounds out side 1, to my ears side 2 is even better, especially Summertime, which I could listen to on repeat. Not quite as good as Giant Steps or Blue Train, my two favorite albums of his, but almost.
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From 08/02/2019 15:49 | #240681 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Easily one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. Mixes Coltrane's bop improvisation with classic showtunes and American standards in a way that's both nostalgic and innovative.
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From 01/15/2023 12:07 | #292871 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Another brilliant display from John Coltrane that reaffirms him as one of the greatest jazz musicians that has ever performed. The fact that this is his 4th or 5th best album is astonishing as it just shows how amazing he was because this album is fantastic. He steals the show on this release as well with his saxophone guiding us through the whole record with his genius solos demonstrating his mastery of the instrument. He is also backed up very strongly by all three of the other musicians. The piano is especially great as it adds an additional lead and takes control of some of the songs such as on But Not For Me. Overall, this is an essential piece of jazz music that is amongst Coltrane's greatest ever recordings.
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Best Albums of  1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
7. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
8. Showcase by Patsy Cline
9. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
10. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef