Spellbinder
by Gábor Szabó
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Gábor Szabó bestography
Spellbinder is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Gábor Szabó on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gábor Szabó is Dreams which is ranked number 6193 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 212.
(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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Spellbinder track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spellbinder rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 53 Music Albums of 1966 | 28/53 | 2 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz Pt. 2 | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | All that jazz (ish) | 19/76 | - |
| 2026 |  OldToad | Top 49 Music Albums of the 1960s | 36/49 | 6 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 36 Music Albums of 1966 | 20/36 | 2 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the 60’s (201 - 300) | 9/40 | - |
| 2024 | martintho | Top 46 Music Albums of 1966 | 42/46 | 1 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | My most listened to jazz(ish) albums of 2023 | 19/34 | - |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 37 Music Albums of 1966 | 26/37 | 2 |
| 2022 | PurpleHazel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1966 | 18/41 | 3 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2017 | Johnnyo | Citizen Of The World? | 76/100 | - |
| 2016 |  NoisyBeast | More Albums of the 1960s... #901-1000 | 31/100 | - |
| 2016 |  Fischman | Greatest Jazz Guitar Albums | 70/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 19 | |||
Spellbinder collection
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Spellbinder ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/09/2026 16:16 | RockyRaccoon | 6,866 | 84/100 | |
| 12/03/2023 23:22 | Johnnyo | 9,645 | 77/100 | |
| 11/28/2023 03:55 | Fischman | 11,856 | 66/100 | |
| 06/19/2023 18:49 | TonySayers61 | 23,840 | 64/100 | |
| 08/13/2022 23:24 | mityam | 1,250 | 74/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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OldToad 01/30/2020 04:00 | #247324
You know that one-chord raga-sort-of-thing instrumental that Santana tacked on to the end of Black Magic Woman? That's Gypsy Queen, and it's a cover. The original is the last track on side one of this, Gabor Szabo's debut solo album. He'd been in Chico Hamilton's group for quite a while, and Chico Hamilton plays on this--you can hear Szabo has been influenced by Hamilton's melodic and eclectic cool jazz. He sings on his cover of Bang Bang, which is a little weird, but it's a friendly sort of bad singing, and it doesn't get in the way of a fun, tuneful, great album. His version of My Foolish Heart here is as good as Bill Evans's version on Waltz For Debbie, to my ears--I'm trying to tell you, this guy is exceptional.
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