Speak, Brother, Speak!
by The Max Roach Quartet
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Speak, Brother, Speak! is ranked 8th best out of 25 albums by Max Roach on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Max Roach is We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite which is ranked number 2388 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 675.
(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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Speak, Brother, Speak! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Speak, Brother, Speak! rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 25 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Max Roach: So Far.. | 18/22 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1963 | 26/37 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 74 Music Albums of 1963 | 10/74 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 80 Music Albums of 1963 | 41/80 | 3 |
| 2021 | TonyF12345 | Top 7 Music Albums of 1963 | 6/7 | 1 |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2019 | Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1963 | 24/40 | - |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 34 Music Albums of 1963 | 34/34 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/12/2024 02:29 | AAL2014 | 4,309 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2023 22:43 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2022 20:48 | TonySayers61 | 25,747 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.4/100, a mean average of 67.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.7.
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