Thelonious Himself
by Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Himself by Thelonious Monk
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 13,109th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 24 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1957 (57th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (377th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,109th)

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Thelonious Monk bestography

Thelonious Himself is ranked 14th best out of 54 albums by Thelonious Monk on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thelonious Monk is Brilliant Corners which is ranked number 582 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,895.

Thelonious Monk album bestography « Higher ranked (12,502nd)
Criss-Cross
This album (13,109th)
Thelonious Himself
Lower ranked (13,999th) »
5 By Monk By 5

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,109th | 1950s rank: 377th | 1957 rank: 57th
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2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s74/1005
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195772/1001
2025 Norman BatesTop 47 Music Albums of the 1950s42/473
2025 Norman BatesTop 31 Music Albums of 19577/314
2025 LeonardTop 69 Music Albums of 195746/692
2025 TamthebamTop 80 Music Albums of 195760/801
2025TodFitzTop 62 Music Albums of 195741/622
2025OlliTop 63 Music Albums of 195719/634
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 70 Music Albums of the 1950s21/7014
2022LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 195753/1002
2020 TimestarterTop 50 Music Albums of the 1950s27/5010
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 195773/1001
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of 195920/100 -
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s93/1002
2019 FischmanThelonious Monk Albums Ranked11/29 -
2019panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 195738/1003
2019AgainstMeAgainstYouTop 80 Music Albums of the 1950s41/8010
2019PurpleHazelTop 29 Music Albums of 195911/29 -
2016ImaybeparanoidTop 100 Music Albums of 195955/100 -
2012 CellarDoorTop 15 Music Albums of the 1950s15/151
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 22
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 88
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 24 votes)
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09/16/2025 11:28 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,24985/100
 
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02/09/2025 20:01 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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06/28/2023 23:21 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
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10/31/2022 12:14 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,43663/100

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Best Albums of 1957
1. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
2. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
3. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
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