Live-Evil
by Miles Davis
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Live-Evil is ranked 18th best out of 127 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 36 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,847.
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Live-Evil track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live-Evil rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | All that jazz (ish) | 52/77 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 6 months in (2 B deleted) | 37/99 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened t2021 (2 B deleted) | 89/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 36 Music Albums of 1971 | 27/36 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | live albums 2021 (2 B deleted) | 17/85 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 70/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 125 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 427 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/09/2026 22:57 | matterhornrider | 5,184 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 06:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,888 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2025 07:32 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Live-Evil consists of four long jams recorded live, with four nice short moody tracks, recorded in studio, in between. A small negative for me would be that the long tracks sound very much alike. If someone played a small snippet of one of the four pieces and asked me which one it is, I would have no idea. The same can not be said about the 5 long pieces on Bitches Brew, which all seem to have their own theme and sound. I guess the live songs on Live-Evil were just improvised live, so they didn't really have any plan for any of the songs originally? And 86 minutes of this jamming can honestly get a bit tiring after some time. But I still always appreciate me some good jams from Miles and his band, and I think they do a great job on this LP too. The shorter studio tracks seem more planned out and work well as nice little moody breaks between the bigger tracks. Overall Live-Evil is yet another great LP from Miles. Nothing else to say about it really. (Edited)
TheDude85 04/21/2019 14:44 | #235336 | TOP COMMENT
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A great amalgamation of Live and Studio recordings. I personally prefer the live selections on this album over the more sedate studio work. Miles plugs his horn through a wah-wah (I don't know if this is the correct technical term) amplifier and let's rip on the live cuts. I particularly lit up for "Sivad" and "Funky Tonk". (Edited)
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2020 19:11 | #255380 | TOP COMMENT
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Live-Evil is a great mixture of jazz and funk that he would later go on to perfect on On the Corner. This record is one of the best jazz fusion recordings ever, though, and should be a must for anyone who plays or listens to jazz music. (Edited)
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