After Midnight (studio album) by Nat King Cole

After Midnight by Nat King Cole
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 2,830th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 76 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1957 (15th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (82nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,830th)
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 76 votes)
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02/13/2025 17:01 Proto  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,85036/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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85/100
From 01/30/2022 18:37
Classic NAT. My favorite song on this album: Sweet Lorraine.
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65/100
From 09/23/2020 20:58
A good album overall. 'Lonely One' and 'Don't Let It Go To Your Head' are some favorites here. This album certainly helps to showcase why Nat King Cole was one of the great vocalists of his time.
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80/100
From 07/13/2020 16:50
Very classy indeed
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90/100
From 08/30/2019 16:22
It's a lovely album that perfectly balances Nat King Cole's phenomenal piano playing with his singing. This could be the album for instrumental jazz purists or vocal jazz purists to be convinced there's value in the other. A perfect bridge between the two styles.
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Best Albums of 1957
1. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
2. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
3. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
4. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
5. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
6. 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis
7. With His Hot And Blue Guitar by Johnny Cash
8. After School Session by Chuck Berry
9. Ray Charles by Ray Charles
10. Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
11. Miles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19
12. Dance Album by Carl Perkins
13. The Clown by Charles Mingus
14. Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk Septet
15. After Midnight by Nat King Cole
16. Singin' The Blues by B.B. King
17. Way Out West by Sonny Rollins
18. Singin' To My Baby by Eddie Cochran With The Johnny Mann Orchestra And Chorus
19. Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps by Gene Vincent
20. Kenya by Machito
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