Speak Like A Child
by Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock bestography
Speak Like A Child is ranked 15th best out of 42 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Herbie Hancock is Head Hunters which is ranked number 542 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,193.
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Speak Like A Child track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 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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| ! | 06/21/2026 19:20 | Olli | 7,528 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2025 21:18 | Hyggevinyl | 4,437 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2024 20:11 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,396 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 19:57 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2024 10:49 | Aramis | 2,264 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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Jboy56 02/14/2023 14:59 | #294009
I just did not remember how good this album is. It is cool. clear and solemn. An evident departure from hard bop hotness and partial dissonance.
My quibble with this album is that I think the horn charts are played a little loose, almost sloppy in places. I think those parts would have sounded better with more defined, tighter playing. But it's just a quibble; Herbie's own playing is completely incredible, as always--definitely nothing sloppy there!--and the rhythm section swings beautifully.
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