Emergency!
by The Tony Williams Lifetime

Emergency! by The Tony Williams Lifetime
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 9,164th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 38 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (138th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (657th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,164th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 9,164th | 1960s rank: 657th | 1969 rank: 138th
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2026HyggevinylTop 51 Music Albums of 196934/512
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of 196991/1001
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 19697/1005
2026 RockyRaccoonJazz Pt. 421/60 -
2026 Graeme2Top 84 Music Albums of 196966/841
2026stangetzawayTop 36 Music Albums of 19695/364
2026PurpleHazelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s93/1002
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1969 by Ultimate Record Collector94/100 -
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s22/10016
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s38/10013
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 1969100/1000
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1969 by Acclaimed Music53/70 -
2025stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s25/10015
2025 PurplepashTop 43 Music Albums of 196911/434
2025 slatsheitTop 73 Music Albums of 196965/731
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 196950/1003
2024stangetzawayFavourite Jazz Albums33/100 -
2024cicadelicAquarium Drunkard :: 2023 Year in Review Part 32/27 -
2024 AAL2014Jazz/Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock23/100 -
2024 AAL2014Tony Williams/The Tony Williams Lifetime: So Far..2/9 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 51
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 134
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 38 votes)
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75/100
 
01/09/2026 14:37 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16772/100
 
95/100
 
08/03/2025 22:44 WayneMC  Ratings distribution  5,30686/100
 
70/100
 
07/20/2025 19:29 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,41272/100
 
70/100
 
11/25/2024 16:40 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04281/100
 
80/100
 
04/10/2024 20:48 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,22175/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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95/100
From 03/06/2020 00:43 | #248500
Comfortably one of the best jazz/rock fusion albums I've heard. Tony Williams on the drums, John McLaughlin with guitar and Larry Young on the Organ. All on full cylinders here.
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From 09/04/2019 02:55 | #242180
The poetry slam sections completely ruin an album I would otherwise potentially love, with three monster players just tearing stuff up. What a bummer.
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