The Bridge
by Sonny Rollins
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Sonny Rollins bestography
The Bridge is ranked 3rd best out of 43 albums by Sonny Rollins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sonny Rollins is Saxophone Colossus which is ranked number 635 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,689.
(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 Bridge track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Bridge rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 24 Music Albums of 1962 | 8/24 | 4 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 49/100 | 50 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 21 Music Albums of 1962 | 13/21 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 6 Music Albums of 1962 | 3/6 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 22 Music Albums of 1962 | 9/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 36 Music Albums of 1962 | 12/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 75 Music Albums of 1962 | 63/75 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 1962 | 46/60 | 1 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 29 Music Albums of 1962 | 3/29 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 99 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 458 | |||
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The Bridge ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/28/2026 07:09 |  Liedzeit | 2,550 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2026 14:36 | dukeboxkool | 2,286 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 09:47 | Leginlists | 3,847 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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The Bridge forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5371): By seb7View latest topic →
Liedzeit 05/28/2026 07:09 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Repo 11/21/2023 11:19 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
The Bridge comments
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Gorgeous laid back suite of ice cool jazz. This concoction must be one of the best jazz albums of the 60's. (Edited)
A very relaxing and mellow listen. Exactly the kind of thing you think of when someone mentions an easy jazz album. Which is not to say it's trivial. Just really easy on the ear. (Edited)
Jboy56 06/10/2022 11:26 | #286182 | TOP COMMENT
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Super duper cool jazz with hard bop vibes
2nd-Impressions 12/06/2020 21:49 | #262166
72/100
Best tracks: Without A Song, Where Are You?, You Do Something To Me
Worst tracks: John S., God Bless the Child
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