Change Of The Century
by Ornette Coleman
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Ornette Coleman bestography
Change Of The Century is ranked 7th best out of 35 albums by Ornette Coleman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ornette Coleman is The Shape Of Jazz To Come which is ranked number 445 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,861.
(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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Change Of The Century track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 12/21/2025 05:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,398 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2025 16:45 |  Tamthebam | 22,900 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2025 22:21 | TastyandTemptin | 2,920 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2025 15:36 | MrOlan | 954 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2025 15:19 | Invader666 | 2,623 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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The title track is a classic, but the rest is very hit-and-miss. Overall, strong performances, but lacking in originality and memorability. 9/10.
Jboy56 05/01/2022 08:29 | #284835
Challenging jazz, not for the faint hearted
Amirkhosro 10/14/2016 22:40 | #176893
The Shape of Jazz' nicer and more disciplined little brother. Every track is a winner.
Pretty much one of the tests for whether you like modern jazz or not. Every received idea/cliche about that most rarefied beast is present here in abundance.
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