Black Codes (From The Underground)
by Wynton Marsalis

Black Codes (From The Underground) by Wynton Marsalis
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 13,600th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (162nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,842nd)
Award Best albums of all time (13,600th)

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Black Codes (From The Underground) is ranked as the best album by Wynton Marsalis.

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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: 13,600th | 1980s rank: 1,842nd | 1985 rank: 162nd

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 36 votes)
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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 76.7/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.5.

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From 02/06/2019 04:30 | #231434
Swinging, toe-tapping, beautiful playing from everyone. Not claiming to break any new ground; it's just basic hard bop jazz, and it's a timeless, terrific album.
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