Michael Brecker
by Michael Brecker
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Michael Brecker bestography
Michael Brecker is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Michael Brecker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Michael Brecker is Pilgrimage which is ranked number 30952 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 28.
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Michael Brecker track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Michael Brecker rankings
Michael Brecker rankings summary
Overall rank: 31,201st | 1980s rank: 3,816th | 1987 rank: 384th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | Jazz | 68/100 | - |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 51 Music Albums of 1987 | 26/51 | 3 |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 42 Music Albums of 1987 | 29/42 | 2 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2021 | uDiscoverMusic | The Best Albums Of 1987 | 46/61 | 1 |
| 2018 |  alelsupreme | jazz town | 60/100 | - |
| 2016 | alelsupreme | Top 9 Music Albums of 1987 | 3/9 | 4 |
| 2016 | alelsupreme | Top 97 Music Albums of the 1980s | 29/97 | 14 |
| 2013 |  RFNAPLES | Top Jazz Albums, Part 2 | 81/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/16/2025 01:47 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2023 16:32 |  Maxence | 12,755 | 61/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2022 07:32 | mityam | 1,250 | 74/100 |
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OldToad 11/26/2023 19:37 | #300155
A wonderful, gorgeous album with one my favorite tracks of all time, the mournful ballad The Cost Of Living. But every track is great, including the synths, a couple of which sound to me like they're being played by Metheny with one of those MIDI guitars that he and McLaughlin were so enamored of. Mainstream 80s jazz at its finest. (Edited)
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PurpleHazel 11/12/2017 08:03 | #201196
Michael Brecker's first solo album after almost two decades as a first-call studio musician and co-leader of the Brecker Brothers has an all-star modern jazz lineup: Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette and Wynton Marsalis' first pianist, Kenny Kirkland. An otherwise excellent record, it's only marred by, it being the late eighties, Kirkland playing mostly synthesizer, so it doesn't date as well as it would've otherwise.
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