Penthouse Serenade
by Nat King Cole

Penthouse Serenade by Nat King Cole
Year: 1952
Overall rank: 9,071st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1952 (12th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (277th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,071st)

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Nat King Cole bestography

Penthouse Serenade is ranked 6th best out of 61 albums by Nat King Cole on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nat King Cole is After Midnight which is ranked number 2782 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 557.

Nat King Cole album bestography « Higher ranked (8,950th)
The Very Thought Of You
This album (9,071st)
Penthouse Serenade
Lower ranked (9,118th) »
Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love

(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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Penthouse Serenade rankings

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Overall rank: 9,071st | 1950s rank: 277th | 1952 rank: 12th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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01/03/2026 11:42 wadwicz5  Ratings distribution  87586/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.

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Best Albums of 1952
1. Bird & Diz by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
2. Moanin' The Blues by Hank Williams
3. Billie Holiday Sings by Billie Holiday
4. The Amazing Bud Powell by Bud Powell
5. Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 by Thelonious Monk
6. La Vie En Rose by Édith Piaf
7. Unforgettable by Nat King Cole
8. Satchmo Serenades by Louis Armstrong
9. Singin' In The Rain (Recorded Directly From The Sound Track Of The M-G-M Technicolor Musical) by Various Artists
10. A Second Album Of Bahamian Songs by Blind Blake And His Royal Victoria Calypsos
11. Dancers Of Bali by Anak Agung Gde Mandera / Gamelan Orchestra From The Village Of Pliatan, Bali, Indonesia
12. Penthouse Serenade by Nat King Cole
13. La Mauvaise Réputation by Georges Brassens
14. Blazing Ballads by Dinah Washington
15. Legend Of The Sun Virgin by Yma Sumac
16. Vol. 1 by Charlie Parker
17. Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring by Igor Markevitch / Vienna Philharmonic
18. South Of The Border by Charlie Parker
19. Country Classics by Hank Snow The Singing Ranger & The Rainbow Ranch Boys
20. Harmony Encores by The Chordettes
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