Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing (studio album) by Barney Kessel
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Barney Kessel bestography
Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Barney Kessel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Barney Kessel is Let's Cook which is ranked number 21805 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 46.
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Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing rankings
All 11 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2025 | TodFitz | Top 40 Music Albums of 1955 | 21/40 | 3 |
2024 | Olli | Top 52 Music Albums of 1955 | 38/52 | 1 |
2023 | ![]() | Top 50 Music Albums of 1955 | 36/50 | 2 |
2022 | LosWochos | Top 68 Music Albums of 1955 | 62/68 | 1 |
2020 | ![]() | Top 77 Music Albums of 1955 | 10/77 | 4 |
2019 | panapsal | Top 70 Music Albums of 1955 | 62/70 | 1 |
2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1955 | 99/100 | 0 |
2019 | ![]() | Best Jazz of the 1950s | 53/100 | - |
2018 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 89/100 | 2 |
2017 | sdees33 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 84/100 | 3 |
2014 | vmp | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s | 42/50 | 4 |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 |
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100 ![]() | 11/01/2022 17:57 | LosWochos | ![]() | 75/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 08/03/2022 06:54 | ![]() | ![]() | 72/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 06/11/2022 06:04 | ![]() | ![]() | 78/100 |
55/100 ![]() | 02/20/2022 03:58 | Gendjar | ![]() | 56/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 04/28/2021 16:09 | Olli | ![]() | 69/100 |
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This album Swings like a moose has good guitar work, it has a great song selection, very cohesive and consistent. The band gives nice support. I love that Big Gibson semi acoustic sound, whatever guitar he may use

The album title is purely rhetorical. There is no doubt Kessel swings here, and delightfully so.
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