Empyrean Isles (studio album) by Herbie Hancock

Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 2,115th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 123 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1964 (12th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (203rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,115th)
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Empyrean Isles is ranked 3rd best out of 41 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.

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79/100 (from 123 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.

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From 04/12/2022 12:12
Not as good as Maiden, but still gives a good punch.
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From 06/27/2019 02:44
I'm with the first review--this is a total masterpiece. Adventurous and also fun to listen to--Herbie and Freddie Hubbard both so fluent, spraying melodies within melodies everywhere.

Herbie is such a friggin' genius. I saw him in a trio in Pdx three or four years ago, and I can tell you, it was wild--intensely creative, high-energy, just this side of avant-garde, very funky, it knocked out me and my wife, we still talk about it, we walked out of there energized and inspired. Think about it--that's a full fifty years later, and he is still bringing it. What a player.
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From 01/01/2019 02:42
A nice, slightly more esoteric companion to the superlative Maiden Voyage.
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From 01/18/2018 05:23
One of The greatest jazz albums. An absolute masterpiece. It's right there with Moncur's Evolution, Mclean's Destination Out, Miles Smiles, Kind of Blue. If you are dabbling in postbop, and are looking to strike it rich on album satisfaction, you won't be disappointed.
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Best Albums of 1964
1. A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
2. Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
3. The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
4. Beatles For Sale by The Beatles
5. Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy
6. Another Side Of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
7. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes
8. Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes
9. Kinks by The Kinks
10. Ain't That Good News by Sam Cooke
11. The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
12. Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock
13. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus
14. Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
15. The Animals by The Animals
16. Song For My Father by Horace Silver Quintet
17. Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles
18. "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
19. The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
20. Wednesday Morning, 3AM by Simon & Garfunkel
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