Schizophrenia
by Wayne Shorter
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Wayne Shorter bestography
Schizophrenia is ranked 17th 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 1437 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,177.
(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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Schizophrenia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Schizophrenia rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 66 Music Albums of 1969 | 34/66 | 3 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 36 Music Albums of 1969 | 9/36 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Hyggevinyl | Top 52 Music Albums of 1969 | 42/52 | 1 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 44 Music Albums of 1967 | 19/44 | - |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 28 Music Albums of 1967 | 25/28 | - |
| 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 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 72/100 | - |
| 2019 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1967 | 14/40 | - |
| 2019 | Fischman | Wayne Shorter Albums Ranked | 3/20 | - |
| 2019 |  pa | Top 28 Music Albums of 1967 | 27/28 | - |
| 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. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
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Schizophrenia ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/15/2026 10:17 | stangetzaway | 2,252 | 84/100 | |
| 04/21/2025 11:43 | TonySayers61 | 24,236 | 64/100 | |
| 01/28/2025 05:31 |  DriftingOrpheus | 721 | 81/100 | |
| 01/10/2025 09:36 | panapsal | 7,444 | 78/100 | |
| 09/12/2024 12:53 | duelek | 1,789 | 76/100 |
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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 77.0/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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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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