West Side Story (studio album) by The Original Broadway Cast

West Side Story by The Original Broadway Cast
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 5,362nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 28 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1957 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (151st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,362nd)
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The Original Broadway Cast bestography

West Side Story is ranked 2nd best out of 81 albums by The Original Broadway Cast on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Original Broadway Cast is Hamilton: An American Musical which is ranked number 2479 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 638.

The Original Broadway Cast album bestography « Higher ranked (2,479th) This album (5,362nd) Lower ranked (7,981st) »
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 28 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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70/100
From 01/30/2016 22:35
Missing the Symphonic Dances (about 9 of them) that really make this something more, but overall a classic. For me this is a bit more than just a lame musical. Leonard Bernstein!

Also I wonder if I'm comparing this against other musicals and therefore giving it a higher score... also probably would rate it much higher if it included the 9 Bernstein orchestrations.
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A little dated, but still a classic.
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