Maiden Voyage (studio album) by Herbie Hancock

Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 1,637th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 231 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1966 (21st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (161st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,637th)
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Herbie Hancock bestography

Maiden Voyage is ranked 2nd best out of 42 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Herbie Hancock is Head Hunters which is ranked number 500 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,541.

Herbie Hancock album bestography « Higher ranked (500th) This album (1,637th) Lower ranked (2,196th) »
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Maiden Voyage track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Maiden Voyage ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 231 votes)
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04/24/2025 04:32 juanr1096  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,86678/100
 
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04/16/2025 20:10 VictorVale  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,55081/100
 
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03/31/2025 18:23 MarkusKosmo  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 55184/100
 
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03/19/2025 16:08 dukeboxkool  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,78673/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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90/100
From 07/09/2023 13:00
Excellent background music. The kind you can listen to all day.
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From 04/08/2022 13:38
The most famous mid 60's jazz album is also a good introduction to the jazz music of the era and the music itself.
This album never goes out of fashion. I bet that many college students had this album among their Beatles and Stones Records. PS Listen to Freddie Hubbard in Dolphin Dance. What moods, what vibes. Unforgettable
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From 04/20/2021 00:41
Hearkening back to the quick-moving bebop jazz of the 50s, this record has some swiftness to it! Hancock is great on piano, but I think the highlight of the entire album is Fred Hubbard on trumpet. He threw everything he had at this album and it pretty much all stuck.
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90/100
From 01/01/2019 02:36
Herbie has a few seminal classics, and this is the best of the bunch. The title cut is rightfully one of the all time great jazz epics. The album is enhanced in no small way buy the wonderful trumpet of Freddie Hubbard.
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From 06/13/2018 16:29
Amazing album from a young Herbie
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75/100
From 03/14/2018 01:51
Another nice album from the great Herbie. Nothing I find too challenging or innovative, but a good listen nonetheless
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From 06/25/2016 11:06
Possibly Herbie Hancock's best 'jazz' album. It's a beautiful run of tunes with the title track my favourite with, dolphin dance, and, survival of the fittest, also highlights. Nice stuff.
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From 08/24/2015 20:00
Breezy beauty, truly a maiden voyage (or a voyage of maidens). With a similar spirit to Kind of Blue, but going further, with even higher highs.
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From 02/19/2015 19:15
Very good album!

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Best Albums of 1966
1. Revolver by The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
3. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
4. Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
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