The Musings Of Miles
by Miles Davis

The Musings Of Miles by Miles Davis
Year: 1955
Overall rank: 12,461st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 26 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1955 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (358th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,461st)

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Miles Davis bestography

The Musings Of Miles is ranked 38th best out of 126 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 37 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,819.

Miles Davis album bestography « Higher ranked (12,461st)
The Musings Of Miles
This album (12,461st)
The Musings Of Miles
Lower ranked (12,525th) »
Miles Davis In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 2

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Upcoming concerts

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Jazz Album Tributes Volume XVII: The Return of 'KIND OF BLUE" by Miles Davis ft. Joe Policastro & Friends
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB, Berwyn, United States. United States
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Miles Davis at 100
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UNLIMITED MILES: Miles Davis at 100
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Overall rank: 12,461st | 1950s rank: 358th | 1955 rank: 28th

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74/100 (from 26 votes)
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12/22/2025 17:56 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,65370/100
 
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08/20/2025 20:30 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,78164/100
 
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05/04/2025 11:00 Jboy69  Ratings distribution  33979/100

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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.7.

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From 06/07/2022 05:38 | #286059
I'm a bit biased towards Miles, IMHO he never does wrong. So this album gets 90, just because of his general mastery of the art
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Best Albums of 1955
1. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
2. Sarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan
3. Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His Comets
4. Julie Is Her Name by Julie London
5. Ramblin' Man by Hank Williams
6. Study In Brown by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
7. Concert By The Sea by Erroll Garner
8. Shake, Rattle And Roll by Bill Haley And His Comets
9. Dinah Jams by Dinah Washington
10. Satch Plays Fats by Louis Armstrong
11. Lullabies Of Birdland by Ella Fitzgerald
12. Blue Moods by Miles Davis
13. Diz And Getz by Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie
14. Lennie Tristano by Lennie Tristano
15. Helen Merrill by Helen Merrill
16. Les And Mary by Les Paul & Mary Ford
17. Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi by Sarah Vaughan
18. Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill by Lotte Lenya
19. Hamp & Getz by Stan Getz / Lionel Hampton
20. Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions by Chet Atkins
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