City Lights
by Lee Morgan
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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 2308 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 706.
(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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City Lights track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
City Lights rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 31 Music Albums of 1957 | 14/31 | 3 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz #201-300 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Pt4 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website | 31/99 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 53 Music Albums of 1957 | 18/53 | 3 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 62 Music Albums of 1957 | 26/62 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 43 | |||
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City Lights ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/31/2025 18:18 | Vitetia | 382 | 99/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2025 15:33 | RockyRaccoon | 7,249 | 84/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2025 20:06 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 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.
Jboy56
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