Piano Starts Here (compilation album) by Art Tatum
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Piano Starts Here is ranked 12th best out of 30 albums by Art Tatum on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Art Tatum is Piano Starts Here: Live At The Shrine which is ranked number 18151 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 59.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Piano Starts Here rankings
All 8 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2024 | ![]() | Top 48 Music Albums of 1968 | 37/48 | 1 |
2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 62/100 | 2 |
2023 | ![]() | Piano Pounding | 29/32 | - |
2022 | ![]() | Top 64 Music Albums of 1987 | 35/64 | - |
2022 | ![]() | 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (part 9) | 61/100 | - |
2015 | ![]() | State Lists: Ohio | 36/41 | - |
2015 | ![]() | Musicians: Piano | 25/59 | - |
2014 | audiooasis2012 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 24/40 | - |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3 |
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60/100 ![]() | 01/16/2025 04:24 | chavaloricardin | ![]() | 73/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 04/09/2024 13:36 | LosWochos | ![]() | 75/100 |
90/100 ![]() | 03/02/2023 14:03 | pinkfreud1981 | ![]() | 81/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 04/27/2022 17:45 | ![]() | ![]() | 83/100 |
65/100 ![]() | 04/08/2022 13:23 | ![]() | ![]() | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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Originally released in 1968 on Columbia Records (Cat#: CS 9655) the version I have on hand is the 1995 re-issue on Legacy/Columbia (Cat#: CK 64690) which is on compact disc. The album includes the first 4 studio tracks that Tatum ever recorded before giving the final 9 tracks over to a live recording from 1949. It is an astuonding piece of work. Authenticated on discogs.com
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