The Shearing Spell
by The George Shearing Quintet
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The George Shearing Quintet bestography
The Shearing Spell is ranked as the best album by The George Shearing Quintet.
(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 Shearing Spell track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Shearing Spell rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 22 Music Albums of 1955 | 18/22 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 70 Music Albums of 1955 | 61/70 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1955 | 16/56 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1955 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 54 Music Albums of the 1950s | 21/54 | 13 |
| 2017 | AlienCinema | Top 30 Music Albums of 1955 | 29/30 | 0 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 8 Music Albums of 1955 | 8/8 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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The Shearing Spell ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/20/2025 15:21 | TonySayers61 | 24,900 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2025 11:04 | Tamthebam | 23,045 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2025 19:47 | Igtonumama | 10,786 | 63/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2023 19:13 |  Stanleykurosawa | 1,700 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2022 12:24 | jonny5244 | 8,456 | 63/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 65.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Jboy56 12/15/2023 15:17 | #300491
A swell and standard quality easy jazz album from Shearing. For the white office workers after weeks work and some cocktails in a local bar, nice and sweet
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