Jazz In Silhouette
by Sun Ra And His Arkestra
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Sun Ra And His Arkestra bestography
Jazz In Silhouette is ranked 2nd best out of 90 albums by Sun Ra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sun Ra is Lanquidity which is ranked number 2082 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 805.
(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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Jazz In Silhouette track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Jazz In Silhouette rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Sun Ra: So Far.. | 2/24 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 43 Music Albums of 1959 | 13/43 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1959 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 22 Music Albums of the 1950s | 8/22 | 14 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 24/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1959 | 8/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | Sonoffatboy | Top 70 Greatest Music Albums | 68/70 | 4 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 4 Music Albums of 1959 | 3/4 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | All that jazz (ish) | 77/77 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1959 | 29/37 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 122 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 704 | |||
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Jazz In Silhouette ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 22:05 | ecocruzr | 246 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 17:51 | Johnnyo | 9,841 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 01:26 | Hayden | 7,954 | 72/100 |
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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/27/2017 19:24 | #203995 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is a masterclass on being able to balance laid back yet effective cool jazz/bop sounds with out of this world experimental jazz. Some mesmerizing moments on here, but some 'less is more' memorable hooks as well.
What a brilliantly layered record.
He claimed to be from Saturn. I’m not sure that’s far enough out.
Absolutely brilliant, one of my favourite jazz albums. Could listen to on repeat and not get bored.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/30/2018 14:44 | #228334 | TOP COMMENT
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Great album! Marvelous compositions that were cutting edge for the time but still not full blown avant garde. Some very nice trumpet work too.
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