The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961
by Bill Evans
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Bill Evans bestography
The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 is ranked 6th best out of 40 albums by Bill Evans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Evans is Waltz For Debby which is ranked number 1345 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,262.
(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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The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Applerill | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 14/100 | 86 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | Albumlover6789 | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 13/99 | 70 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever live albums | 40/100 | - |
| 2021 | jon5417 | Top 31 Music Albums of 2005 | 28/31 | - |
| 2021 | Applerill | Jizz Jazz 2020 | 2/100 | - |
| 2019 |  Onater | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 67/100 | 11 |
| 2019 | swarbs | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 20/20 | 2 |
| 2019 | daftpunter | Greatest Live Albums | 46/93 | - |
| 2018 | rkm | Box Sets & Anthologies | 16/25 | - |
| 2018 | urbanshocker | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 16/40 | 15 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 24 Music Albums of 2005 | 23/24 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Musicians: Piano | 21/59 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 188 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 08/14/2025 18:49 | traistboar | 1,647 | 79/100 | |
| 07/26/2025 07:49 | TonySayers61 | 24,237 | 64/100 | |
| 04/03/2024 17:47 | LosWochos | 46,891 | 75/100 | |
| 08/02/2023 20:08 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,127 | 74/100 | |
| 06/08/2023 13:39 |  Tamthebam | 22,983 | 69/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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