The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
by John Coltrane Quartet

The John Coltrane Quartet Plays by John Coltrane Quartet
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 18,221st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 31 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (107th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,201st)
Award Best albums of all time (18,221st)

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John Coltrane Quartet bestography

The John Coltrane Quartet Plays is ranked 31st best out of 88 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 74 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,517.

John Coltrane Quartet album bestography « Higher ranked (16,376th)
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This album (18,221st)
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 18,221st | 1960s rank: 1,201st | 1965 rank: 107th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 31 votes)
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80/100
 
02/04/2026 02:55 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
75/100
 
12/19/2025 22:36 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,96470/100
 
85/100
 
12/03/2025 18:34 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  6,89284/100
 
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05/31/2025 14:39 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72064/100
 
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09/02/2024 03:23 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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90/100
From 12/19/2022 08:50 | #292053
John is closing his previous style of music, a neat transformation towards more meditative and complicated moods is evident. Superb
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Very under-rated album. Should be in its top 10.
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From 07/04/2018 20:21 | #217775
Pretty good. I love some of the high intensity moments on Chim Chim Cheree but nothing stands out to me that much. Especially compared to his previous album, A Love Supreme.
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Best Albums of 1965
1. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
2. Rubber Soul by The Beatles
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
4. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
5. Help! by The Beatles
6. Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding
7. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
8. My Generation by The Who
9. The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
11. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
12. Here Are The Sonics!!! by The Sonics
13. Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones
14. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler Trio
15. Jackson C. Frank by Jackson C. Frank
16. I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
17. Live At The Regal by B.B. King
18. Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
19. Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch
20. Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys
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