Prime Directive
by Dave Holland Quintet
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Dave Holland Quintet bestography
Prime Directive is ranked 10th best out of 21 albums by Dave Holland on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dave Holland is Conference Of The Birds which is ranked number 10085 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 121.
(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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Prime Directive track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Prime Directive rankings
Prime Directive rankings summary
Overall rank: 53,915th | 1990s rank: 8,068th | 1999 rank: 930th (Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1999 | 6/30 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 90 Music Albums of 1999 | 21/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Greatest Music Albums 100-200 | 26/51 | - |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 46 Music Albums of 2000 | 5/46 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | uDiscoverMusic | The Best Albums of 1999 | 40/55 | 1 |
| 2021 |  pa | Top 67 Music Albums of 2000 | 28/67 | - |
| 2021 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 16/100 | - |
| 2018 | byuzak | Best Ever Jazz Records | 46/100 | - |
| 2016 | pa | jazz study part II | 14/41 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 91 Music Albums of 2000 | 80/91 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 12 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2019 03:21 | TodFitz | 27,374 | 63/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2019 19:13 |  Fischman | 11,856 | 66/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2018 19:47 | byuzak | 3,248 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2018 15:32 | Skerns | 5,160 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2017 11:20 | PurpleHazel | 1,515 | 79/100 |
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