Milestones
by Miles Davis
Miles Davis bestography
Milestones is ranked 8th best out of 126 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 37 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,779.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Milestones track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/10/2026 16:54 |  Squonk007 | 749 | 24/100 | |
| 02/08/2026 14:57 | Hyggevinyl | 4,247 | 72/100 | |
| 01/15/2026 14:11 | Leginlists | 2,521 | 84/100 | |
| 12/21/2025 09:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,720 | 70/100 | |
| 10/07/2025 16:24 | Sentido | 350 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Not sure Davis can make a bad record
Jboy56 02/23/2022 15:13 | #281826
This is Milestones. Trumpet and man.
Allstar cast on this recording.
VictorVale 10/31/2020 20:41 | #260030
Incrível viagem e liberdade modal! Fantástico!
teague 07/14/2020 06:27 | #255548
This is what I thought all jazz sounded like when I was younger. Not in a bad way. In a great way (also not In a Silent Way). Fast, winding, complex, crazy talented musicians. Yeah, it can be a bit similar to other jazz, but this is what other jazz acts at the time (and now) are aspiring for.
Pretty cool album, feels like an important step in Miles' career. Such amazing personnel too, John Coltrane... Cannonball Adderly.
jdenny2018 05/17/2018 20:57 | #215033
An album I believe is better and more important than Kind of Blue (*takes shelter from ensuing Jazz snobs*)
Still getting my feet wet with jazz albums, so this is an inexperienced question, but why is this not as well regarded as Davis' other albums? You can definitely tell it served as a canvas for Kind of Blue and that's regarded as the best jazz album of all time.
Ultra cool be bop album featuring heavy hitters; Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. Sounds like everyone is having a blast.
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