Undercurrent
by Bill Evans & Jim Hall

Overall rank: 6,553rd | 1960s rank: 497th | 1962 rank: 22nd
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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	Fischman	Top 100 Music Albums of 1962	2/100	5
2026	Taka	Top 97 Music Albums of the 1960s	47/97	11
2026	Weepingguitarman	Top 21 Music Albums of 1962	6/21	4
2026	AAL2014	Top 29 Music Albums of 1962	5/29	4
2026	Juneof44	Top 50 Music Albums of 1962	26/50	3
2026	Steppenwolf666	Top 75 Music Albums of 1962	26/75	3
2026	Exist-en-ciel	Top 36 Music Albums of 1962	10/36	4
2026	baystateoftheart	Top 22 Music Albums of 1962	3/22	5
2026	daCritic	Top 6 Music Albums of 1962	6/6	1
2026	RockyRaccoon	Top 36 Music Albums of 1962	24/36	2
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76/100 (from 57 votes)

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60/100 !	07/21/2026 17:53	Olli	7,932	62/100
80/100 !	07/15/2026 03:25	AAL2014	4,302	75/100
80/100 !	04/10/2026 14:58	VictorVale	3,900	81/100

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MadhattanJack 08/24/2024 22:35 in Album of the day (#4996): Dog Man Star by Suede

“The thing about this album is, it's really good musically but the album cover is just a guy on a mattress. So you think, "oh, this is sleep music," which it clearly isn't. So for their third album, Coming Up, they hired Peter Saville to do the cover — the same guy who did Joy Division's Unknown…”

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EyeKanFly 01/24/2022 14:25 in What album are you listening to right now?

“What album are you listening to right now?”

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From kokkinos 07/27/2021 21:06 in I'm going back to the start

“The first album is copy-paste from the "You must listen to the album below you." thread - doing this for archival purposes. (For some reason the small pictures that I tend to prefer couldn't load properly so I guess I'll stop being a caveman and use the large artwork as everyone else instead) You…”

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65/100

From Juneof44 03/01/2026 09:33 | #313387 | TOP COMMENT

Six songs just piano and guitar. Not for everyone. The front cover seems incredibly so modern. (Edited)

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EyeKanFly 01/24/2022 15:50 | #280008 | TOP COMMENT

This is a nice, light, smooth jazz album with just a piano and guitar.

Interestingly, the album artwork looks like it belongs to an early 2010s metal album, cool photography and graphic design choices (e.g. lack of text) which are somewhat uncharacteristic of the early 1960s.

This might be my favorite Bill Evans album. (Edited)

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