Sugar (studio album)
by Stanley Turrentine
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Stanley Turrentine bestography
Sugar is ranked 3rd best out of 31 albums by Stanley Turrentine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stanley Turrentine is Look Out! which is ranked number 25539 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36.
(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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Sugar track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sugar rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 39 Music Albums of 1971 | 2/39 | 5 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1971 | 45/92 | 3 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 52 Music Albums of 1971 | 38/52 | 1 |
| 2024 | PurpleHazel | Top 68 Music Albums of 1971 | 33/68 | 3 |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2024 | Graeme2 | Jazz | 65/100 | - |
| 2022 | uDiscoverMusic | The Best Albums of 1970 | 60/71 | - |
| 2020 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1971 | 17/40 | - |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2018 | byuzak | Best Ever Jazz Records | 74/100 | - |
| 2016 | Fischman | Greatest Jazz Saxophone Albums | 87/100 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 55/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 34 | |||
Sugar collection
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Sugar ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/31/2022 23:16 | stangetzaway | 2,135 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2022 00:17 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,410 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2021 16:54 | TonySayers61 | 23,012 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2021 08:26 | daCritic | 4,370 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2020 02:47 |  OldToad | 1,273 | 74/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.0.
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Fischman 04/06/2020 15:15 | #249605
Sugar keeps its feet squarely in the foundation of hard bop, but does so with a modern soul jazz flavor. Personnel like Lonnie Liston Smith on electric piano, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, and George Benson on guitar are just the right mix for this exposition. The title cut is a superb funkily swinging bit o' laid back fun with equal contribution from all members through its 10 minute running time (CD issues add a 14 minute live version that is even more fun). Of the three original cuts, the middle "Sunshine Alley," is easily the funkiest. Stanley drops his best solo, lyrical, engaging, and seriously jazzy, on the "Impressions." Like the live version of the title cut, "Gibraltar," (recorded in the same session as the earlier material but not released at the time) was an add on for the CD reissue, and a welcome one at that being some seriously groovy jazz where Benson really gets a chance to shine.
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