Sonny's Dream (Birth Of The New Cool)
by The Sonny Criss Orchestra

Sonny's Dream (Birth Of The New Cool) by The Sonny Criss Orchestra
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 8,505th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 19 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (114th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (627th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,505th)

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The Sonny Criss Orchestra bestography

The best album by Sonny Criss is Sonny's Dream (Birth Of The New Cool) which is ranked number 8505 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 145.

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Overall rank: 8,505th | 1960s rank: 627th | 1968 rank: 114th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 19 votes)
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02/16/2026 20:42 Charade  Ratings distribution  94879/100
 
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01/18/2026 16:15 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100
 
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12/13/2025 06:25 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,76970/100
 
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10/27/2025 23:33 BrunoDMartins  Ratings distribution  2,22476/100
 
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07/25/2025 22:47 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,91074/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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From 10/26/2015 00:48 | #152017
the true definition of slick
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