The Clown (studio album) by Charles Mingus

The Clown by Charles Mingus
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 2,626th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 124 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1957 (15th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (71st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,626th)
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Charles Mingus bestography

The Clown is ranked 7th best out of 52 albums by Charles Mingus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Charles Mingus is The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady which is ranked number 92 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,150.

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The Clown track list

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79/100 (from 124 votes)
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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.

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80/100
From 10/22/2020 09:44
Decent. Not up to par witg Mingus Ah Um but good enough to grant at least 1 or 2 full listens. Maybe skip the dialogue at the end the 2nd time around.
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From 08/15/2019 15:21
Really good album, one of Mingus' better ones. Haitian Fight Song is the best song on the album.
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From 09/27/2016 07:25
Solid Mingus set with the highlight being the bizarre and ultimately depressing narrated title track. A cynical look into the underbelly of late 50's society or a bitter metaphor for his own experience?
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