Takin' Off (studio album) by Herbie Hancock
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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 503 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,518.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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70/100  | 07/08/2025 14:44 | TastyandTemptin | | 72/100 |
70/100 | 06/17/2025 15:13 | thepardunk | | 70/100 |
65/100 | 06/15/2025 09:57 | Invader666 | | 65/100 |
65/100 | 05/31/2025 14:01 | Elauqsapid | | 64/100 |
75/100 | 02/01/2025 02:57 | jnmayles | | 73/100 |
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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 76.1/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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OldToad 10/09/2022 01:26
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
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
65/100
Best tracks: Three Bags Full, The Maze
Worst tracks: Driftin, Alone and I
JulianR 12/07/2017 02:14
Nice jazz. Not too hard, not too soft. This has some great piano work
Fischman 02/12/2017 23:42
A great hard bop album by a supreme ensemble.
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