Sun Ship
by John Coltrane

Sun Ship by John Coltrane
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 9,600th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 52 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (146th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,405th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,600th)

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John Coltrane bestography

Sun Ship is ranked 22nd best out of 88 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 74 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,473.

John Coltrane album bestography « Higher ranked (9,310th)
Live In Japan
This album (9,600th)
Sun Ship
Lower ranked (10,388th) »
Coltrane Plays The Blues

(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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Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles Davis & John Coltrane at 100
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José James Presents Facing East: The Music of John Coltrane with Special Guest Ron Blake
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Sun Ship rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,600th | 1970s rank: 1,405th | 1971 rank: 146th
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2026 LeonardTop 99 Music Albums of 197183/991
2026saltysurpriseTop 58 Music Albums of 197127/583
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197114/1004
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 197197/1000
2026stangetzawayTop 53 Music Albums of 197151/530
2025 baystateoftheartTop 52 Music Albums of 197122/523
2025 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 197125/1004
2025JamieTop 42 Music Albums of 197137/421
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s13/10018
2025juanr1096Top 51 Music Albums of 197131/512
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19713/1005
2024PurpleHazelTop 68 Music Albums of 197129/683
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 197139/1003
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1970s 468/98 -
2024dougcummingsTop 41 Music Albums of 197137/411
2024 AAL2014John Coltrane.... So Far....8/28 -
2023 Xxnu99etxXJohn & Alice Coltrane Discographies Ranked (WIP)7/12 -
2023 Xxnu99etxXTop 47 Music Albums of 197113/474
2023bloosyTop 60 Music Albums of the 1970s30/6010
2023LosWochosDie 100 besten Jazz-Alben by Rolling Stone Deutschland (2013)97/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 49
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 125
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 52 votes)
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75/100
 
02/04/2026 02:55 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
80/100
 
12/05/2025 04:54 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,75670/100
 
80/100
 
05/16/2025 05:09 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
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04/30/2025 02:20 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
80/100
 
12/28/2024 22:15 baystateoftheart  Ratings distribution  2,82372/100

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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 76.9/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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