After School Session
by Chuck Berry
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After School Session is ranked 2nd best out of 46 albums by Chuck Berry on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Chuck Berry is Berry Is On Top which is ranked number 481 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,530.
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After School Session track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
After School Session rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 12 Music Albums of 1957 | 6/12 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1957 | 14/26 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1957 | 11/34 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 32 Music Albums of 1957 | 6/32 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 55 Music Albums of the 1950s | 37/55 | 7 |
| 2026 |  UofTBlues | Top 18 Music Albums of the 1950s | 12/18 | 8 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 67/100 | 34 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 53 Music Albums of 1957 | 3/53 | 5 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 82/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 215 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,513 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 18:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,149 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2026 16:16 | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 20:17 |  VictorVale | 3,901 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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After School Session forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 05/13/2023 20:00 in Album of the day (#4528): After School Session
jackup 11/07/2022 16:27 in What album are you listening to right now?
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This album defined how rock N' roll riffs and solos would look like from ten years and so on, It is a remarkable stand point on 50s guitar music, and Chuck is the first guitar god from Rock History.
Chuck Berry's debut LP on Chess records released in May, 1957.
I'm reviewing the 2004 reissue that also contains three bonus tracks of "You Can't Catch Me", "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)", and "Maybellene".
Best tracks: Maybellene, Too Much Monkey Business, School Day (Ring, Ring Goes the Bell), Thirty Days (To Come Back Home), Brown Eyed Handsome Man, No Money Down.
A good album with some classic hits that unfortunately is weighted down with some average songs.
Although it doesn’t sound that extraordinary now, and in places I find it quite weak, how must this have sounded in 1957. Quite amazing I would think. Albums need to be put in context. For that alone this should probably be considered a classic. (Edited)
ticharu 11/16/2014 11:59 | #127147 | TOP COMMENT
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This record has Downbound Train on it, one of Chuck's coolest pieces of work. Roly Poly and Deep Feeling are two more favourites. The hits you can get anywhere but it's good to hear them more or less in context.
Chuck Berry's first album from 1957 is mostly a collection of single and EP tracks. Only three songs had not been released previously. Highlights are the songs written in the classic Berry rock'n roll style; "School Days", "Too Much Monkey Business" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man". The first two were solid single hits in 1956/57; while the latter also has achieved classical status; not least because of Buddy Holly's excellent cover version. The humorous and charming "No Money Down" also performed well as a single; it is moreover a fine example of Berry's ability to write interesting lyrics with a humorous edge.
The album contains three solid instrumentals which in various degrees are based in the blues. Other songs are written in contemporary country / pop style. All in all a fine and trendsetting album; but also a slightly uneven one.
On the bonus-tracks version; all 3 bonus tracks are classics too.
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