The Complete Decca Recordings
by Billie Holiday
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The Complete Decca Recordings is ranked 29th best out of 80 albums by Billie Holiday on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billie Holiday is Lady In Satin which is ranked number 537 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,220.
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Overall rank: 58,427th | 1990s rank: 8,669th | 1991 rank: 748th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 98 Music Albums of 1991 | 92/98 | 0 |
| 2021 |  RoundTheBend | Top 49 Music Albums of 1991 | 5/49 | 5 |
| 1992 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1992 | 95/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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alelsupreme 06/14/2016 00:26 in alogsupreme
alelsupreme 06/14/2016 00:26 in alogsupreme“Been a while lads. Here are some of the things I've listened (the ones I could think to write about) Billie's time at Decca continued her turn away from her jazz-band days at Columbia, and an embrace of a more orchestral sound. This album captures Billie in fine vocal form, recorded before poor…”
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“from me chart #2 #11 #25 #43 #61 #62 #80 #85 #87 ok so that's only 9 but also An Electric Storm and Basket of Light are like at least 75% female vocals, and the Nile Rodgers disco comp I've got on there is very female vocal heavy as well (and there are a ton sitting just outside the top 100) and…”
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benpaco 02/29/2016 04:01 in Musical random chat“What album are you looking at? If an album has no tracks entered yet, you get 2 points for each one...one for the track number and one for the name. There's only a "Data Corrections" box, no options to add tracks regularly. That's really strange...it comes up fine for me, and has no tracks added.…”
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TheDude85 04/17/2021 17:50 | #268662
A Two Disc Compilation covering her entire recorded output for the Decca Records Label, spanning 1944 - 1950, this comprehensive collection features the later years of the mastery of Billie Holiday. You can listen to Holiday's one-take wonders and a few tunes where she struggled to get the exact sound she was looking for. Some would criticize her records in later years when compared with her early 30s releases, but upon further reflection there were several forces at work which set up a different environment for her recordings. In her early career she was often featured in a support role for the Jazz legends she performed with, while in these later years her own voice was the focal point and the Jazz legends were cast in a role to support her. Her substance use in later years would also effect her performances, but do not diminish her greatness as an innovator of phrasing and delivery. Distributed on the GRP Label (Cat# D217027) as part of their GRP Presents The Legendary Masters of Jazz Series this is a must have in your record collection.
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