The Cats
by Idrees Sulieman / John Coltrane / Kenny Burrell / Tommy Flanagan
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Idrees Sulieman / John Coltrane / Kenny Burrell / Tommy Flanagan bestography
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The Cats track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Cats rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 21/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 74 Music Albums of 1959 | 6/74 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 73 Music Albums of 1959 | 66/73 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1959 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 74 Music Albums of the 1950s | 32/74 | 12 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 201-300 | 86/100 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1959 | 9/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Jazz | 15/100 | - |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 30 Music Albums of 1959 | 7/30 | 4 |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 78/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 147 | |||
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The Cats ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/13/2026 07:21 | AAL2014 | 4,302 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 16:31 | Rivera | 2,051 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 16:05 |  DommeDamian | 7,765 | 48/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.
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Jboy56 08/01/2022 07:23 | #288035 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid jazz. This must be one of the two-hundredth jazz albums I have recently listened to. I'm not getting bored, but with that many listenens is soon becomes difficult to distinguish a GREAT album from the lot as it is impossible to find a BAD jazz album! With these great musicians, that is not possible
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