Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2
by Thelonious Monk

Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 by Thelonious Monk
(Compilation album)
Year: 1952
Overall rank: 3,898th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 70 votes)
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Award Top 5 albums of 1952 (5th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (118th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,898th)

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Thelonious Monk bestography

Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 is ranked 7th best out of 54 albums by Thelonious Monk on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thelonious Monk is Brilliant Corners which is ranked number 581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,910.

Thelonious Monk album bestography « Higher ranked (3,884th)
Straight, No Chaser
This album (3,898th)
Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2
Lower ranked (7,151st) »
Thelonious Monk Trio

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Overall rank: 3,898th | 1950s rank: 118th | 1952 rank: 5th

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76/100 (from 70 votes)
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02/11/2026 09:42 marcoserra1966  Ratings distribution  79858/100
 
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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.

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From 04/04/2016 13:11 | #163274
Mr. Monk was a true jazz genius!
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Nice album :)
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Love it.
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