At Town Hall
by The Thelonious Monk Orchestra

At Town Hall by The Thelonious Monk Orchestra
(Live album)
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 11,869th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 19 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (345th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,869th)

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The Thelonious Monk Orchestra bestography

At Town Hall is ranked 12th best out of 54 albums by Thelonious Monk on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thelonious Monk is Brilliant Corners which is ranked number 581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,909.

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At Town Hall rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,869th | 1950s rank: 345th | 1959 rank: 75th
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2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195963/1002
2026Exist-en-cielTop 55 Music Albums of 195922/553
2026 LeonardTop 71 Music Albums of 195952/711
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 80 Music Albums of 195970/801
2025 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 195954/902
2025Steppenwolf666Top 70 Music Albums of 19594/705
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1950s 133/100 -
2023martinthoTop 37 Music Albums of 195927/371
2022LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 195916/1004
2022Johnnyo10 albums that changed John McLaughlin's Life - Goldmine Mag7/10 -
2022Steppenwolf666Top 54 Music Albums of the 1950s5/5419
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 195970/1002
2019 FischmanThelonious Monk Albums Ranked13/29 -
2019boppareTop 20 Music Albums of 195913/202
2019PurpleHazelTop 29 Music Albums of 19594/294
2019panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 195986/1001
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of 19598/1005
2019boppareTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s70/1006
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s38/10013
2018PurpleHazelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s41/10012
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 98
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74/100 (from 19 votes)
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75/100
 
12/21/2025 21:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,13370/100
 
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11/18/2025 11:49 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,93064/100
 
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11/07/2022 16:56 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,86975/100
 
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10/31/2022 12:09 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,43563/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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