Schizophrenia (studio album) by Wayne Shorter
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Wayne Shorter bestography
Schizophrenia is ranked 11th best out of 22 albums by Wayne Shorter on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wayne Shorter is Speak No Evil which is ranked number 1432 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,188.
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Schizophrenia 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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All 17 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hyggevinyl | Top 52 Music Albums of 1969 | 42/52 | 1 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 43 Music Albums of 1967 | 19/43 | - |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 28 Music Albums of 1967 | 25/28 | - |
| 2025 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2025 | DriftingOrpheus | Top 17 Music Albums of 1969 | 9/17 | 3 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 34 Music Albums of 1969 | 9/34 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | stangetzaway | Favourite Jazz Albums | 93/100 | - |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | 1967 3rd chart | 32/100 | - |
| 2021 | byuzak | Blue Note's Best Albums 101-200 | 16/100 | - |
| 2020 |  sssvnnn | Top 60 Music Albums of 1967 | 36/60 | - |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 72/100 | - |
| 2019 |  pa | Top 28 Music Albums of 1967 | 27/28 | - |
| 2019 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1967 | 14/40 | - |
| 2019 | Fischman | Wayne Shorter Albums Ranked | 3/20 | - |
| 2018 | PurpleHazel | Top 51 Music Albums of 1967 | 7/51 | - |
| 2017 | sonicdiscourse | Top 24 Music Albums of 1967 | 20/24 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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60/100  | 04/21/2025 11:43 | TonySayers61 | | 64/100 |
85/100 | 01/28/2025 05:31 | DriftingOrpheus | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 01/10/2025 09:36 | panapsal | | 78/100 |
70/100 | 09/12/2024 12:53 | duelek | | 77/100 |
85/100 | 03/15/2023 00:52 |  LedZep | | 79/100 |
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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 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.
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OldToad 02/22/2019 06:50
The mid-60s were such a great time for jazz. There was a split between the free jazz noisy stuff of Ayler, late Coltrane, etc, and the melodic, funky soul jazz like Lee Morgan and Jimmy Smith. The Schizophrenia of the title refers to being pulled in both of those directions at once. To be honest Miles kind of loses me with Bitches Brew; he went pretty far in the "free" direction, really. I like more what Herbie and Wayne Shorter and Larry Young and other guys did in keeping things more grounded rhythmically while still being able to extend themselves and explore. This album is in that area--straightforward jazz for sure, and never noisy, but they're not just jamming changes. There's a little flute that gets played by James Spaulding, and jazz flute isn't always received that well these days, compared to the 60s. But his tone is pretty mellow, and his soloing is on point. There are really no barriers to entry for this album, it's just sweet music that even the jazz-curious could enjoy.
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