That Bad Eartha
by Eartha Kitt

That Bad Eartha by Eartha Kitt
(Compilation album)
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 5,234th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1956 (24th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (157th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,234th)

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That Bad Eartha / That Bad Kitt by Eartha Kitt (CD RCA Records 1957)
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EARTHA KITT THAT BAD EARTHA 1956 RCA Victor US Early Original Mono Press LPM1183
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That Bad Eartha is ranked as the best album by Eartha Kitt.

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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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,234th | 1950s rank: 157th | 1956 rank: 24th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 40 Music Albums of 195629/402
2026 eclabTop 6 Music Albums of 19565/62
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195677/1001
2025 Patman360Top 26 Music Albums of 195615/262
2025martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s4/10019
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 19561/1005
2025 TamthebamTop 70 Music Albums of 195612/704
2025martinthoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums70/10028
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s73/1006
2025OlliTop 63 Music Albums of 195663/630
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 80 Music Albums of the 1950s43/8010
2025 CharlieBarleyTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s56/1009
2025 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s94/1001
2025 skelter54Top 99 Music Albums of the 1950s79/994
2025TastyandTemptinTop 21 Music Albums of 19568/213
2024Steppenwolf666Top 85 Music Albums of 195676/851
2024 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s24/10015
2023 Jboy56Top 70 Music Albums of 195669/700
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s19/10016
2023lisalisaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s52/10010
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 55
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 260
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73/100 (from 56 votes)
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70/100
 
12/22/2025 23:53 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69370/100
 
75/100
 
10/28/2025 12:05 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,76364/100
 
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07/19/2025 22:57 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  2,94972/100
 
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09/04/2024 16:26 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,73276/100
 
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05/09/2024 16:54 javicho07  Ratings distribution  3,07981/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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75/100
From 12/08/2021 16:54 | #277250
Fine stuff for your evening dinner with candles. :).
Her voice is original and has that nasal and French chanson tone.
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From 03/12/2013 22:10 | #68057
I thought the first half was amazing, the second not so much. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" is quite weak.
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From 06/17/2011 19:41 | #23184
This has covers (i.e. C'est Si Bon, Let's Do it,Smoke Gets In Your Eyes etc) and originals. To me, Eartha Kitt's selling point was her voice, so the lack of original material doesn't bother me. I had a good time listening to the whole thing. "I Want to Be Evil" ended up being my favorite-
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