E.S.P.
by Miles Davis
Miles Davis bestography
E.S.P. is ranked 22nd best out of 126 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 36 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,270.
(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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E.S.P. track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/24/2026 14:45 | cicadelic | 13,103 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 20:23 | Untitled | 1,720 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 07:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 12,450 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2025 23:02 | Proto | 4,161 | 33/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 06:32 | ejiniestac | 616 | 66/100 |
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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 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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An excellent outing by the Second Quintet, with not a weak song in the bunch. Everyone shines, with tracks 3 and 5 as standouts of what this Quintet can achieve when it is at its best. A near classic! 9/10!
Jboy56 11/14/2022 14:25 | #291272 | TOP COMMENT
Miles and his 5 does some good, yeah
First album from the second quintet, but I can't argue with a previous comment that they are already at their peak...from which they never dropped in their three years together. While Coltrane was moving to the noisy free jazz of Ayler and Ornette etc, Miles and the quintet were keeping it much more grounded and listenable while still taking it into exploratory areas where the listener can sometimes get a little lost. Miles himself sounds great on this album, he definitely (well...imho) is at his peak with the second quintet. Greatest jazz band ever, to my ears, and this is a stunning start.
Super classy effort from 2nd Miles Davis quintet at it's peak.
ProfessorSquid 04/19/2013 19:38 | #73887 | TOP COMMENT
The second great Miles Davis quintet with nice compositions from everybody but Tony Williams.
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