Black Coffee With Peggy Lee
by Peggy Lee

Black Coffee With Peggy Lee by Peggy Lee
Year: 1953
Overall rank: 1,712th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 119 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1953 (1st)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1950s (41st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,712th)

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BLACK COFFEE WITH PEGGY LEE ORIG DECCA DL 5482 10”
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Black Coffee With Peggy Lee is ranked as the best album by Peggy Lee.

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Overall rank: 1,712th | 1950s rank: 41st | 1953 rank: 1st
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2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s27/10015
2026 paladisiacTop 59 Music Albums of the 1950s31/5910
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s57/1009
2026Juneof44Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s38/10013
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 195338/501
2026Exist-en-cielTop 30 Music Albums of 195310/304
2026 RockyRaccoonJazz Pt. 264/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s28/10015
2026 MauceTop 100 Greatest Music Albums1/10099
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s46/10011
2026 DommeDamianTop 22 Music Albums of the 1950s14/228
2026 TamthebamTop 50 Music Albums of 19531/505
2026SiromynianTop 3 Music Albums of 19532/33
2026 HeliosTop 10 Music Albums of 195310/101
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s36/10013
2026Steppenwolf666Top 27 Music Albums of 19536/274
2026SiromynianTop 74 Music Albums of the 1950s44/748
2026 PurplepashTop 27 Music Albums of the 1950s15/2710
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s64/1007
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 195314/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 144
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 996
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 119 votes)
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06/10/2026 08:21 Jicooper22  Ratings distribution  2862/100
 
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05/25/2026 14:24 Mauce  Ratings distribution  79082/100
 
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03/07/2026 04:34 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,08281/100
 
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12/23/2025 07:44 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,82370/100
 
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12/15/2025 15:59 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,94775/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.

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From 08/31/2021 21:11 | #273145
I feel like this was released at a time when most people put music on just to have something in the background, not even realizing what they're listening to, because my brain sort of defaults to that mode when listening to this.
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From 12/04/2020 05:10 | #261918
10" albums are so digestible, but sometimes they fall flat due to lack of cohesion. As far as 10" records go, this one's a pretty well put together package
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75/100
From 10/06/2020 17:08 | #259068
Linda seleção de canções!
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75/100
From 09/23/2020 19:18 | #258593
'Black Coffee' and 'When the World Is Young' are some highlights here. A great album and one of the bests from the first half of the decade.
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From 05/28/2020 09:43 | #252375
Really good album by Peggy Lee.
10’ Decca vinyl is good, but the same 10’ Brunswick is superb.
Anyway both has good points and bad points, you should listen both and enjoy those differences.
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75/100
From 04/17/2020 00:17 | #250067
Highlights:

Black Coffee
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From 04/04/2016 13:16 | #163277
What a record! The production, arrangements and vocal stylings are impeccable. A true classic!
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Rating:  
65/100
From 01/29/2016 05:36 | #158041
First two songs really got me sucked in, then got bored...
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85/100
From 03/20/2013 03:34 | #69089
Beautiful, brilliant álbum, with the best renditions of the majority of the songs present on it.
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