Ptah, The El Daoud
by Alice Coltrane
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Alice Coltrane bestography
Ptah, The El Daoud is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Alice Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Alice Coltrane is Journey In Satchidananda which is ranked number 1006 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,732.
(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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Ptah, The El Daoud track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ptah, The El Daoud rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 56 Music Albums of 1970 | 10/56 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 38 Music Albums of 1970 | 10/38 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 98 Music Albums of 1970 | 25/98 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 92 Music Albums of 1970 | 18/92 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1970 | 19/58 | 3 |
| 2026 | LoxiasV | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 18/50 | 62 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 94 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 396 | |||
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Ptah, The El Daoud ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 22:51 | ecocruzr | 232 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2026 17:10 | LittleM1971 | 6,009 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2026 09:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,986 | 70/100 |
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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 80.2/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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Ptah, The El Daoud forum mentions
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/29/2019 04:35 | #230932 | TOP COMMENT
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Excellent composition, beautifully delivered. I like this one even more than the more acclaimed Journey. (Edited)
Great album from the underrated Alice Coltrane. The title track and, mantra, the two longest tracks are obviously the more ambitious ones, while, turiya, and, blue Nile, are more intimate. Very good record, nice heavy metal cover too. (Edited)
ProfessorSquid 04/13/2013 21:46 | #72921 | TOP COMMENT
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The title track here is fantastic. Nothing wrong with the rest of the record either. (Edited)
Jboy56 09/20/2022 16:44 | #289830 | TOP COMMENT
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Meditative, absorbing, and beautiful... (Edited)
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