Coltrane Live At Birdland
by John Coltrane

Coltrane Live At Birdland by John Coltrane
(Live album)
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 8,747th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 47 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1964 (47th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (639th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,747th)

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John Coltrane bestography

Coltrane Live At Birdland is ranked 19th best out of 88 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 74 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,468.

John Coltrane album bestography « Higher ranked (7,471st)
Coltrane's Sound
This album (8,747th)
Coltrane Live At Birdland
Lower ranked (9,230th) »
A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle

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Overall rank: 8,747th | 1960s rank: 639th | 1964 rank: 47th

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77/100 (from 47 votes)
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12/21/2025 13:47 Steebo  Ratings distribution  54886/100
 
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12/20/2025 03:24 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,76870/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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From 05/08/2020 21:50 | #251072
Worth it for Alabama alone.
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From 05/19/2012 13:45 | #42684
Solid live album from Trane, which is not very challenging. Surprised it's not in any charts, but on the other hand, the quality of Trane's records generally very high. So there's many albums in his discography that are better. Still worth a listen for fans.
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Best Albums of 1964
1. A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
2. Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
3. The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
4. Beatles For Sale by The Beatles
5. Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy
6. Another Side Of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
7. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes
8. Ain't That Good News by Sam Cooke
9. Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes
10. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus
11. Kinks by The Kinks
12. The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
13. Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock
14. Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
15. The Animals by The Animals
16. Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles
17. Song For My Father (Cantiga Para Meu Pai) by Horace Silver Quintet
18. "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
19. Wednesday Morning, 3AM by Simon & Garfunkel
20. The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
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