This Is Our Music
by Ornette Coleman
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Ornette Coleman bestography
This Is Our Music is ranked 3rd best out of 35 albums by Ornette Coleman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ornette Coleman is The Shape Of Jazz To Come which is ranked number 436 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,836.
(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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This Is Our Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
This Is Our Music rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1961 | 17/22 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 75 Music Albums of 1961 | 27/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 44 Music Albums of 1961 | 23/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 39 Music Albums of 1961 | 39/39 | 0 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 14 Music Albums of 1961 | 1/14 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2301-2400 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 5 Music Albums of 1961 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 3 | 20/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Jazz | 96/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 402 | |||
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This Is Our Music ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/25/2026 14:53 | wadwicz5 | 902 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 02:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,903 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 14:19 | cicadelic | 14,072 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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This Is Our Music forum mentions
neilgee 09/20/2025 17:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 09/06/2024 14:15 in The Romanelli Music Diary: When I GoThis Is Our Music comments
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Jbalbinolr 04/03/2021 16:11 | #268155 | TOP COMMENT
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In my opinion, the most energetic jazz album ever made, the sheer power of Ed Blackwell`s drum playing is awe-inspiring. This is Ornette not only at his best, but more creative as he tackles standard forms (Blues, ballads and nursery rhyme-like melodies) in a way that has not been herad before or since.
Creative and out there, but at the same time, with a strict form and unity that makes this album feel at the same time ear-piercing, catchy and oddly beautiful in some of the solos.
The best Ornette album if I have to choose one.
Jboy56
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