Unity
by Larry Young
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Unity is ranked as the best album by Larry Young.
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Unity track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Unity rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 80 Music Albums of 1966 | 75/80 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 68/100 | 32 |
| 2026 | Fast 'n' Bulbous | Best Albums 1966 | 48/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 37 Music Albums of 1966 | 6/37 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1966 | 45/49 | 1 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 75 Music Albums of 1966 | 53/75 | 2 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 47 Music Albums of 1966 | 12/47 | 4 |
| 2025 | WayneMC | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 82/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 205 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/13/2025 15:15 | Skerns | 5,180 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2024 12:27 |  djnizzi | 2,866 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2023 12:41 | replacementlevel | 7,753 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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BestEverAlbums 06/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5359): By PurpleHazel Repo 07/16/2024 04:20 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Jboy56 10/17/2022 10:49 in What album are you listening to right now?Unity comments
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Jboy56 10/17/2022 06:45 | #290553 | TOP COMMENT
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Hard hardbop
I first came upon Larry Young by way of Charlie Hunter, the virtuoso guitarist with a very organ-like sound; there was an interview in Guitar Player or somewhere, Hunter sounded like he worshiped at Young's feet. At one point, talking about quartal harmony or something, he said something like "If it's good enough for Larry Young, it's good enough for me."
This is certainly one of the great jazz organ albums of all time, you can't even argue that. Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson are obviously great players, but one of the highlights of this album is the second tune, where they lay out and it's just a Larry Young and Elvin Jones duet. Young is such an incredible player, spraying melodies everywhere. White water rafting in the form of music.
Fischman 01/12/2018 22:36 | #205320 | TOP COMMENT
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This is fusion before there was fusion. What's more, Larry's organ playing foreshadows progressive rock greats like Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman. Great jazz/rock music all around. Inventive, harmonic, and still swinging, thanks to the amazing Elvin Jones on drums. Having the likes of Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson on the front line also elevates the adventurousness level and gives the album additional bite. A classic in multiple genres!
Cool little jazz album from Larry Young. Brilliant musicianship, as you would expect, help to make this a perfect chill out jazz album.
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