After Hours
by Sarah Vaughan
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Sarah Vaughan bestography
After Hours is ranked 11th best out of 50 albums by Sarah Vaughan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sarah Vaughan is Sarah Vaughan which is ranked number 1469 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,165.
(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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After Hours track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
After Hours 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 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 33 Music Albums of 1961 | 29/33 | 1 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz #301-400 | 48/82 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1961 | 10/90 | 5 |
| 2025 | MrOlan | Top 12 Music Albums of 1961 | 11/12 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 43 Music Albums of 1961 | 29/43 | 2 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 41 Music Albums of 1961 | 39/41 | 0 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  ExTeaSea | Top 5 Music Albums of 1961 | 1/5 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
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After Hours ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/27/2026 15:16 | RockyRaccoon | 7,234 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 14:07 |  VictorVale | 3,900 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 23:40 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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neilgee 08/03/2022 17:21 in What album are you listening to right now?After Hours comments
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/20/2019 18:35 | #240061
There are 3 albums by S. Vaughan titled "After Hours " this one is from 1961 and is unique as it has only 3 personnel involved Sarah - vocals, M. Lowe - guitar & G. Duvivier - double base. This makes for a very intimate recording and clearly allows Sarah's voice full reign a very underrated album.
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