Underground (studio album)
by Thelonious Monk

Underground by Thelonious Monk
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 8,724th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 48 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (114th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (641st)
Award Best albums of all time (8,724th)

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Thelonious Monk bestography

Underground is ranked 9th best out of 53 albums by Thelonious Monk on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thelonious Monk is Brilliant Corners which is ranked number 582 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,922.

Thelonious Monk album bestography « Higher ranked (7,239th)
Thelonious Monk Trio
This album (8,724th)
Underground
Lower ranked (8,792nd) »
Solo Monk

(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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Underground track list

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Underground rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,724th | 1960s rank: 641st | 1968 rank: 114th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 48 votes)
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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 76.6/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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Best Albums of 1968
1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
5. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
6. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
7. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
8. Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
9. Music From Big Pink by The Band
10. At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
11. A Saucerful Of Secrets by Pink Floyd
12. Waiting For The Sun by The Doors
13. Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
14. We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention
15. The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds
16. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company
17. Wheels Of Fire by Cream
18. Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
19. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds
20. S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
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