Percussion Bitter Sweet
by Max Roach
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Max Roach bestography
Percussion Bitter Sweet is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Max Roach on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Max Roach is We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite which is ranked number 2402 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 673.
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Percussion Bitter Sweet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Percussion Bitter Sweet rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1961 | 46/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 99 Music Albums of 1961 | 30/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 75 Music Albums of 1961 | 21/75 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 44 Music Albums of 1961 | 19/44 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1961 | 77/90 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Max Roach: So Far.. | 8/22 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 39 Music Albums of 1961 | 12/39 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1961 | 7/20 | 4 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1961 | 27/30 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 95 | |||
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Percussion Bitter Sweet ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/27/2026 17:01 | Tamthebam | 23,334 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 02:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,741 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2024 18:56 | AAL2014 | 4,347 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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BestEverAlbums 06/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5355): By SantiagoView latest topic →
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