School Days
by Stanley Clarke
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School Days is ranked as the best album by Stanley Clarke.
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School Days track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
School Days rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 49 Music Albums of 1976 | 17/49 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 52 Music Albums of 1976 | 14/52 | 4 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 30/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 93/97 | 0 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | spinout | Best Music albums of 1976 | 21/29 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 60 | |||
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School Days ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/26/2026 15:28 |  Gammarus1979 | 631 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2025 17:54 | spinout | 3,537 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2024 01:34 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,777 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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linusishungry 12/27/2011 21:46 | #33829
Incredible bass player - one of the best of all time. If you're into jazz or funk at all, I recommend this album to you. Fantastic opener with the title track, followed by the build-up of Quiet Afternoon. The acoustic guitar/double bass duo in Desert Song is a beautiful combination of instruments. And the short but sweet Hot Fun, possibly the funkiest on the album and therefore my personal favourite.
Not as great as i hoped but still a damn good funk workout. Amazing musicianship, but i just wish i liked the tracks a bit more. Still, that's just my personal opinion, I still can't deny the quality of the work.
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