Top-rated albums of 1961

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1961 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

My Favorite Things 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

389 charts

Rank Score:

2,989

Rank in 1961:

1

Rank in 1960s:

68

Overall Rank:

592

Average Rating:

 81 (476 votes)

Comments:

15

2.

King Of The Delta Blues Singers 
Compilation

 Robert Johnson

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

1,808

Rank in 1961:

2

Rank in 1960s:

108

Overall Rank:

991

Average Rating:

 80 (418 votes)

Comments:

25

3.

Africa/Brass 

 John Coltrane Quartet

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

584

Rank in 1961:

7

Rank in 1960s:

246

Overall Rank:

2,654

Average Rating:

 80 (118 votes)

Comments:

5

4.

Olé Coltrane 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

620

Rank in 1961:

5

Rank in 1960s:

233

Overall Rank:

2,535

Average Rating:

 79 (166 votes)

Comments:

5

5.

Eastern Sounds 

 Yusef Lateef

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

421

Rank in 1961:

8

Rank in 1960s:

304

Overall Rank:

3,479

Average Rating:

 79 (75 votes)

Comments:

2

6.

The Blues And The Abstract Truth 

 Oliver Nelson

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

140 charts

Rank Score:

598

Rank in 1961:

6

Rank in 1960s:

243

Overall Rank:

2,604

Average Rating:

 79 (127 votes)

Comments:

6

7.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard 
Live

 Bill Evans Trio

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

1,131

Rank in 1961:

3

Rank in 1960s:

159

Overall Rank:

1,536

Average Rating:

 78 (190 votes)

Comments:

9

8.

Djangology 
Compilation

 Django Reinhardt

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 1961:

15

Rank in 1960s:

378

Overall Rank:

4,590

Average Rating:

 78 (70 votes)

Comments:

5

9.

Two Steps From The Blues 

 Bobby Bland

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

333

Rank in 1961:

12

Rank in 1960s:

357

Overall Rank:

4,252

Average Rating:

 78 (95 votes)

Comments:

6

10.

Free Jazz 

 Ornette Coleman Double Quartet

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Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

1,002

Rank in 1961:

4

Rank in 1960s:

167

Overall Rank:

1,694

Average Rating:

 78 (187 votes)

Comments:

4

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).