Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (track)
by Thelonious Monk
Year: 1967
From the album Straight, No Chaser (track #5)
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Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea appears on the following album(s) by Thelonious Monk:
- Straight, No Chaser (track #5) (this album) (1967)
- Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings: 1962-1968 (track #20) (compilation) (1998)

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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/15/2025 01:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 48,663 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 22:55 | 43,032 | 88/100 | |
| ! | 05/13/2024 04:25 | 7,978 | 77/100 | |
| ! | 09/30/2023 16:33 | Fevernova | 34,263 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2023 10:53 | LosWochos | 308,817 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 81.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.1.
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