Essence
by Don Ellis
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Essence is ranked as the best album by Don Ellis.
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Essence track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Essence rankings summary
Overall rank: 65,337th | 1960s rank: 3,490th | 1962 rank: 264th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 83 Music Albums of 1962 | 40/83 | 3 |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1962 | 24/52 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 8 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2022 14:56 | TonySayers61 | 25,745 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2022 03:09 | Gendjar | 4,749 | 56/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2021 11:06 | kokkinos | 1,501 | 68/100 |
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Essence forum mentions
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From kokkinos 08/11/2021 19:01 in I'm going back to the start
“I don’t know, I ‘d like to believe I’m slowly warming up to him, but in all likelihood it has to do with this album being a more digestible/friendly to the masses version of bossa nova. 7/10. The opening track is a successful bluff, it might fool you this is straightforward hard bop. This is as far…”
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