Nina Simone And Her Friends
by Nina Simone
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Nina Simone bestography
Nina Simone And Her Friends is ranked 15th best out of 48 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 548 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,134.
(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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Nina Simone And Her Friends track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Nina Simone And Her Friends rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 9/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 32 Music Albums of 1959 | 32/32 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 74 Music Albums of 1959 | 63/74 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1959 | 56/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1959 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  djrodo | Top 20 Music Albums of 1959 | 16/20 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1959 | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2023 | lisalisa | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 20/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 67 | |||
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Nina Simone And Her Friends ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/20/2025 12:02 | TonySayers61 | 25,799 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2025 04:05 | stangetzaway | 2,324 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2024 00:11 | bcc | 1,132 | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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neilgee 06/29/2021 04:58 in What album are you listening to right now?
RoundTheBend 06/21/2021 23:22 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionNina Simone And Her Friends comments
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ddeeddles64 05/08/2020 07:56 | #251039
The most delicious thing about this album is the stark contrast in tone between Simone and her ex-label-mates. It brought to mind a J. G. Ballard story, in which he contemplates a man swimming lengths of the chlorinated pool at his rented villa, just a short walk from the sea. Simone affords the same beauty and threat as the open ocean.
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