Best Hard Bop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
63	Blue Train - John Coltrane	1958	88.5	80.6	100	86.7	86	94	84	88
80	Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus	1959	88	81.8	100	85.6	84.5	92.8	84	87.4
93	Giant Steps - John Coltrane	1960	87.8	82.4	95	86.3	86.5	93.2	83	88
101	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1959	87.7	81.4	100	85.6	86.5	93.4	83	84
125	Cowboy Bebop (Original Soundtrack) - Seatbelts	1998	87.3	81.8	90	89	88	93.8	80	88.4
208	Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley	1958	86.3	78.4	100	81.5	84	94.4	82	84
229	Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter	1966	86.1	78.6	100	82.5	84.9	92.6	80	84
275	Idle Moments - Grant Green	1965	85.7	78	100	82.3	82.1	93.4	80	84.4
353	Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet - The Miles Davis Quintet	1959	85.2	76.4	100	79.8	82.9	93	79	–
362	'Round About Midnight - Miles Davis	1957	85.1	76.4	100	80.8	82.9	92.8	81	82
381	Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins	1957	85	79	93	82.3	84	94	81	82
386	Monk's Dream - The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1963	85	77.4	100	80.3	80.9	92.6	80	83.8
387	The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan	1964	85	77.4	100	80.9	82.1	93.6	81	80
413	Scenery - Ryo Fukui	1976	84.9	76.6	–	85.9	87.6	95	80	84
432	Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Mingus	1964	84.8	79.4	90	83.6	84.5	93.4	80	82.4
465	Eastern Sounds - Yusef Lateef	1961	84.6	76.8	95	82	83.5	94.8	78	82
467	Go - Dexter Gordon	1962	84.6	75.2	100	77.5	89.1	92.2	78	80
470	The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery - Wes Montgomery	1960	84.6	76.2	100	80.6	80.9	90	78	86.2
481	The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson	1961	84.5	76.6	100	79.7	82.2	93.8	78	81.4
494	Blues & Roots - Charlie Mingus	1960	84.5	80.6	90	84	81.5	91.8	80	83.4
564	Free for All - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1965	84.2	80	90	83.7	–	91.2	77	83
588	Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock	1964	84	78	93	81.3	80.6	92.8	79	83.4
593	Relaxin' With the Miles Davis Quintet - The Miles Davis Quintet	1958	84	74.2	100	76.5	84.1	93.2	80	80
594	Song for My Father (Cantiga para meu pai) - The Horace Silver Quintet	1965	84	78.4	90	80.6	–	93.6	79	82.4
620	Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock	1965	83.9	77.6	93	81.2	81.8	92.4	79	82.4
653	Milestones - Miles Davis	1958	83.8	77	90	81.5	82.9	92	81	82
726	Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark	1958	83.5	76	100	76.9	81.5	93.4	79	78
729	Soul Station - Hank Mobley	1960	83.5	76.8	90	80.7	83.2	93.6	79	81.4
748	Pithecanthropus erectus - The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop	1956	83.5	76.4	100	79.4	79.6	90.8	80	78
847	Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane	1961	83.1	73.6	100	77.9	79.1	90.8	77	83
867	Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk	1957	83	76.4	100	78.7	71.6	91.4	81	82
875	Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Clifford Brown & Max Roach	1954	83	77.2	85	80	84.5	91.2	79	84
887	Money Jungle - Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus & Max Roach	1963	83	77.6	90	79.7	83.2	90.4	78	81.8
908	Night Train - The Oscar Peterson Trio	1963	82.9	74.2	90	80	85.6	89.8	77	83.8
938	Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet - The Miles Davis Quintet	1957	82.8	75.2	95	77	78.7	93	81	80
1010	We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach	1960	82.6	77.6	93	81.1	80.6	92.2	76	78
1026	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane	1963	82.6	76.6	80	81.9	86.5	92.6	78	–
1090	Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet - The Miles Davis Quintet	1961	82.4	73.2	100	78.1	80	92.6	77	76
1146	Monk's Music - Thelonious Monk Septet	1957	82.3	78	94	80.1	79.3	91.4	77	76
1289	Change of the Century - Ornette Coleman	1960	82	75.2	100	77.3	77.7	92.6	73	78
1291	Mosaic - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1962	82	78.8	80	83.4	82.1	91.4	78	80
1580	Oh Yeah - Mingus	1962	81.4	75.4	97	79.1	80.3	90	76	72
1734	Crescent - John Coltrane Quartet	1964	81.1	77.4	75	80	82.6	93.6	79	80
1808	Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell	1963	81	75.6	80	78.4	80.5	94.2	78	80
2038	The Clown - The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop	1957	80.6	75.6	80	82.4	79.8	89.2	79	78
2097	Jazz in Silhouette - Sun Ra and His Arkestra	1959	80.5	74.2	80	78.6	82.7	90.8	79	78
2257	Coltrane's Sound - John Coltrane	1964	80.2	75.6	77	76.2	83.5	92	79	78
2353	Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock	1962	80	73.8	87	77.3	–	92	76	74
3259	Soultrane - John Coltrane	1958	78.6	70.6	90	74.7	73.9	91.8	77	72
5693	Mingus - Charles Mingus	1961	71.3	69.4	80	61.5	–	92.8	68	56

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