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| 5.0 classic | GrandpaFred | December 24th 22 |
Am I a bad jazz person if I think this is the best Coltrane album? Don't care. This is the ultimate New Year's Eve record ever. The space between the instruments, the tone in that lead, the feeling...It's last call in some shadowy bar in New York in the 60s, and she's looking at you over the rim of her glass, and you're thinking you might have a chance...That's Ballads to me.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | August 12th 20 |
Not much to say about this one. This is the Coltrane album to put in the background while watching your cat sleep by the fire with a glass of wine. Every track is relaxed, velvety smooth late evening jazz. The one note is the couple funky drumming bits on 6, and the fact that the ending to 7 would have concluded the album perfectly, so 8, although not any better or worse than anything that preceded it feels a bit pointless - especially since its own conclusion is rather unremarkable. 4 is the one slight curve ball here, dropping the soft relaxed atmosphere for something more playful and interesting, but even then it still fits relatively well. An album that works very well at being generic, which means it pales in comparison of Coltrane's grandest endeavours. 3.5
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| 3.0 good | George Browne | May 3rd 19 |
HAHAHAHA another timeless underrated album with no review on this website. Pathetic.
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| 3.5 great | commonist | January 31st 18 |
A very beautiful and low key cool jazz album, though nothing truly remarkable in Coltrane's discography.
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| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | May 14th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Above | March 14th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | MvdW | September 19th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
| 3.5 great | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 2.5 average | GamamJ | January 5th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Samuel | November 30th 20 |
| 3.0 good | remi | June 1st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Onater | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | W1NG00 | May 15th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | rigooz | December 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Csongli | November 20th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | March 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | deslad | August 5th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Froot | July 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | aguzman | November 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | manosg EMERITUS | September 17th 14 |
| 3.5 great | boleyn2 | November 28th 12 |
| 3.0 good | krkat | July 20th 12 |
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