Takin' Off
by Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock bestography
Takin' Off is ranked 5th best out of 42 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Herbie Hancock is Head Hunters which is ranked number 531 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,258.
(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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Takin' Off track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Takin' Off rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 72 Music Albums of 1962 | 2/72 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1962 | 38/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 67 Music Albums of the 1960s | 54/67 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 29 Music Albums of 1962 | 14/29 | 3 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Herbie Hancock: So Far.. | 16/20 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 35 Music Albums of 1962 | 16/35 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Jazz | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1962 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 | 12/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 106 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 311 | |||
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Takin' Off ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2026 01:12 | Proto | 4,267 | 33/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 20:53 | wadwicz5 | 901 | 86/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2026 10:07 | Johnnyo | 9,814 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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A genius steps on to the scene, what a debut album. Stroll into NYC, do a few sessions and, oh yeah, drop a stomping, funky first album and have the first tune get covered and hit the pop charts--hi everybody, I'm going to be doing this kind of thing for the next sixty years (and counting) without ever letting up. Herbie's composition and playing are awesome, but this is also one of my favorite albums to hear Dexter Gordon, who obviously has a bunch of good albums as a leader, but his playing here is super soulful and funky.
Jboy56 09/29/2022 06:32 | #290040 | TOP COMMENT
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O this album Herbie starts his long your as one of jazz renovators. I just cant help digging this. So good
2nd-Impressions 10/24/2020 20:26 | #259733 | TOP COMMENT
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65/100
Best tracks: Three Bags Full, The Maze
Worst tracks: Driftin, Alone and I
JulianR 12/07/2017 02:14 | #202752 | TOP COMMENT
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Nice jazz. Not too hard, not too soft. This has some great piano work
Fischman 02/12/2017 23:42 | #185489 | TOP COMMENT
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A great hard bop album by a supreme ensemble.
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