It's Uptown (studio album)
by George Benson
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George Benson bestography
It's Uptown is ranked 4th best out of 36 albums by George Benson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by George Benson is Breezin' which is ranked number 5740 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 231.
(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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It's Uptown track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
It's Uptown rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  covecove | Top 30 Music Albums of 1966 | 29/30 | 0 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 33 Music Albums of 1966 | 29/33 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1966 | 19/31 | 2 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 37 Music Albums of 1966 | 3/37 | 5 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | PurpleHazel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1966 | 41/41 | 0 |
| 2020 | Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1966 | 12/40 | - |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | Fischman | George Benson Albums Ranked | 4/23 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Jazz of the 1960s | 66/100 | - |
| 2016 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 70 Music Albums of 1966 | 69/70 | 0 |
| 2016 | Fischman | Greatest Jazz Guitar Albums | 67/100 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Musicians: Guitar | 16/85 | - |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 50 Music Albums of 1966 | 43/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 43 | |||
It's Uptown collection
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It's Uptown ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/08/2022 11:54 | TonySayers61 | 23,191 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2021 03:11 | Arthurknight | 9,595 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2019 05:19 | covecove | 6,489 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2019 17:30 |  TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2018 21:57 | TodFitz | 27,325 | 63/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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"Clockwise" is a soul-jazz classic, but the three vocal tracks diminish this album in my estimation. Also I don't care for Benson's early guitar-playing: he doesn't quite have the technique to pull off the super-fast runs he plays yet. The notes aren't articulated, so the solos seem too show-offy and lacking in substance. By the late sixties, his playing improved a lot. Like the guitar-baritone-sax-organ sound a lot.
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