The Genius Of Ray Charles
by Ray Charles
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Ray Charles bestography
The Genius Of Ray Charles is ranked as the best album by Ray Charles.
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The Genius Of Ray Charles track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Genius Of Ray Charles rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 43 Music Albums of 1959 | 35/43 | 1 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 29 Music Albums of the 1950s | 15/29 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1959 | 7/90 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 59 Music Albums of the 1950s | 36/59 | 8 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 96 Music Albums of 1959 | 5/96 | 5 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Best R&B Albums 1960-2015 | 23/55 | - |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 10 Music Albums of 1959 | 4/10 | 4 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | My Favourite Album by Year | 68/74 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 55 Music Albums of the 1950s | 35/55 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 250 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,736 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 16:25 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 04:57 | brent13 | 2,227 | 66/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2026 22:28 | ecocruzr | 274 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Kingturtle 03/11/2016 19:45 | #161747 | TOP COMMENT
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Band arrangements are over the top, but his vocals here are at his best, mixing soul, rock&roll, and jazz all into one. This LP is takes "Big Band" and turns it on its arse.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/29/2012 01:00 | #49525 | TOP COMMENT
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Early Ray Charles was grittier and more soulful, and therefore better than his late 60s and beyond work. This is an essential album.
An enjoyable album. Not quite as great as the ridiculous title suggests. Still full of good songs though.
There are a lot of enjoyable songs on this album and I like the way he evenly distributes his song types onto each side. Side 1 is a much more band led and jazz influenced side making it more to my preference and side 2 is a lot more ballad heavy. The feel of the first six songs is just so energetic and fun and his voice sounds even better when backed by a big jazz band. This leads to fantastic songs such as Deed I Do, It Has To Be You and Let The Good Times Roll. The second side is quite dull in comparison but has its moments when it shines such as the closing track. If you love his vocal it really does shine on side 2 and carries the songs even when the music is a bit dull. Overall, if side 1 made up the whole album this could be sensational but the slower second half lets the record down on the whole for me.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/23/2016 00:07 | #157383 | TOP COMMENT
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Not my favorite of his, but really good.
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