The Quest
by Mal Waldron
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Mal Waldron bestography
The Quest is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Mal Waldron on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mal Waldron is Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert which is ranked number 10422 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 116.
(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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The Quest track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Quest rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 1962 | 7/60 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 36 Music Albums of 1962 | 11/36 | 4 |
| 2025 | Elauqsapid | Top 10 Music Albums of 1962 | 5/10 | 3 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 40 Music Albums of 1962 | 28/40 | 2 |
| 2022 | badger | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2021 | kokkinos | Top 14 Music Albums of 1961 | 6/14 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1962 | 29/52 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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The Quest ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/06/2026 08:32 | al66 | 121 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 21:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,270 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2025 14:01 | Elauqsapid | 2,749 | 64/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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