After School Session (studio album) by Chuck Berry

After School Session by Chuck Berry
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 1,188th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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78/100 (from 151 votes)
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Award Top 10 albums of 1957 (9th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1950s (29th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,188th)
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Chuck Berry bestography

After School Session is ranked 2nd best out of 43 albums by Chuck Berry on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Chuck Berry is Berry Is On Top which is ranked number 571 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,122.

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 151 votes)
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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 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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75/100
From 02/13/2023 22:32
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.
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From 12/25/2022 06:06
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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From 11/11/2021 17:19
A pretty good, but not necessarily great album.
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From 09/23/2020 20:56
A pretty good album by one of Rock n' Roll's greatest artists! 'School Days', 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man', and 'Havana Moon' are some favourites here!
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From 07/08/2019 20:29
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.
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From 02/21/2018 15:41
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.
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From 01/29/2015 03:11
Too Much Monkey Business is a great track as well...
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From 11/16/2014 11:59
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.
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Best Albums of 1957
1. Blue Train by John Coltrane
2. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
3. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
4. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
5. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
6. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
7. 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis
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9. After School Session by Chuck Berry
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12. The Best Of Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
13. Miles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19
14. Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk Septet
15. The Clown by Charles Mingus
16. Dance Album by Carl Perkins
17. After Midnight by Nat King Cole
18. Singin' The Blues by B.B. King
19. Way Out West by Sonny Rollins
20. Singin' To My Baby by Eddie Cochran
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