Chet Baker Sings
by Chet Baker

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Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
Year: 1954
Overall rank: 656th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 267 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1954 (1st)
Award Top 20 albums of of the 1950s (18th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (656th)

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Chet Baker Sings is ranked as the best album by Chet Baker.

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Chet Baker Sings rankings summary
Overall rank: 656th | 1950s rank: 18th | 1954 rank: 1st  Overall chart history
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Chet Baker Sings ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 267 votes)
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 !		09/25/2026 16:06 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,77374/100
 
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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 79.2/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.


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From BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From BestEverAlbums 09/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5426): By Keatownrodriguez
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Keatownrodriguez () 1. by (2016) 2. by (2006) 3. by (2019) 6. (2005) 7. (1994) 8. by (2018) 9. (2003) 10. by (2021) 11. by (1975) 12. by (2008) 15. by (2006) 16. by (2007) 17. by (2017) 18. by (2004) 19. by (2014) 20. by by by (2018) 23. by…”
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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From 01/22/2015 19:27 | #132251 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
NO! You can't have a song called 'I've Never Been In Love Before' on an album with a song called 'I Fall in Love Too Easily'! This makes no sense! You're a blatant liar Chet Baker and you know it!
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From 09/08/2017 16:54 | #197582 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
By Good. Chet is the predecessor of any sad man, with any kind of instrument. This is 1954!

He don't wail, he don't try, he just does. Please try him out. Preferable with inears on a sad cafe/bar in a strange country, or just your local inn. (Edited)
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From 01/13/2015 18:18 | #131444 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Stunningly creepy wonderful record. Chet had one of the smoothest voices I've ever heard. Very boyish. My Funny Valentine made my skin crawl. I doubt Chet intended for this record to be so melancholy and disturbing but he succeeded elegantly. An instant hit with me.
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From 05/14/2022 16:23 | #285336 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is an absolute classic in many ways musically, and artistically... Smooth music performed so well. I bet this was a favorite album of college and university students of the time. Unforgettable! (Edited)
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From 01/29/2016 00:22 | #158022 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Very smooth voice. The music is not my cup of tea. I feel the focus is on voice and lyrics and musically is boring.
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