City Lights
by Lee Morgan

City Lights by Lee Morgan
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 23,374th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 15 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1957 (110th)
Award Top albums of of the 1950s (681st)
Award Best albums of all time (23,374th)

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Lee Morgan bestography

City Lights is ranked 8th best out of 29 albums by Lee Morgan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lee Morgan is The Sidewinder which is ranked number 2276 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 715.

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City Lights track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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City Lights rankings summary
Overall rank: 23,374th | 1950s rank: 681st | 1957 rank: 110th  Overall chart history
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City Lights ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 15 votes)
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10/31/2025 18:18 Vitetia  Ratings distribution  378100/100
 
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10/31/2022 12:23 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,46063/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.


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From 07/04/2022 10:08 | #287081
Fine by Lee
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From 02/16/2019 21:35 | #232058
This album has some good compositions, nicely bolstered by a veteran ensemble (aside from Morgan himself, who was only 19 at the time) and Morgan's perfectly lively playing. A great hard bop outing all around.
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