Meditations (studio album) by John Coltrane

Meditations by John Coltrane
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 2,790th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 131 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1966 (27th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (255th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,790th)
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John Coltrane bestography

Meditations is ranked 7th best out of 81 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 75 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,114.

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Meditations track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Meditations ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 131 votes)
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03/24/2024 16:49 alexandermause  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,46086/100
 
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03/03/2024 21:31 Hayden  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,54472/100
 
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02/12/2024 22:56 thepardunk  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,11873/100
 
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02/07/2024 09:24 LedZep  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,23079/100

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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 79.3/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.

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85/100
From 08/26/2022 12:15
Very difficult, his last works.
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From 07/14/2018 21:40
2nd comment: listened to this album a lot more since and is now probably my favourite free jazz album and one of my favourite Coltrane albums.
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From 07/06/2018 03:55
Better than A Love Supreme but not as good as The Ascencion, so 95
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From 04/22/2018 12:16
I like the insane, frenzied sound of this album but I struggle to indulge in it for the full 40 minutes.
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70/100
From 08/01/2016 16:22
One of those John Coltrane albums that's either genius or nonsense, depending on what mood I'm in. It sometimes works for me, other times it just annoys and frustrates me. Am i trying to like it? Do I like it? Or do I hate it? I don't know, I really don't know.
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From 07/27/2016 08:09
Uno de los discos más bellos y poderosos que haya escuchado en mi vida. Me mueve profundamente en todo sentido...

No entiendo por qué nadie más ha comentado.
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Best Albums of 1966
1. Revolver by The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
3. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
4. Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
5. Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
6. Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
7. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
8. Face To Face by The Kinks
9. Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
10. The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators by 13th Floor Elevators
11. Ascension by John Coltrane
12. Fresh Cream by Cream
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14. Black Monk Time by Monks (US)
15. Fifth Dimension by The Byrds
16. Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter
17. Sunshine Superman by Donovan
18. Blues Breakers by John Mayall & Eric Clapton
19. Da Capo by Love
20. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] by Ennio Morricone
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