| Year Rank |
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| Something Else!!!! | 1958 | 27 | 106 | 1969 | |
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| The Shape of Jazz to Come | 1959 | 3 | 6 | 327 | |
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| Change of the Century | 1960 | 8 | 147 | 950 | |
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| Free Jazz | 1961 | 5 | 100 | 561 | |
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| This Is Our Music | 1961 | 18 | 277 | 1901 | |
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| Ornette on Tenor | 1962 | 20 | 340 | 2300 | |
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| At the Golden Circle, Volume One | 1966 | 30 | 295 | 1982 | |
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| At the Golden Circle, Volume Two | 1966 | 36 | 352 | 2382 | |
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| Science Fiction | 1972 | 79 | 706 | 2992 | |
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| Skies of America | 1972 | 72 | 645 | 2680 | |
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| Dancing in Your Head | 1977 | 45 | 409 | 1662 | |
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| Song X | 1986 | 43 | 378 | 1968 | |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| Tomorrow Is the Question! | 1959 | |
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| Ornette! | 1962 | |
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| The Art of the Improvisers | 1970 | |
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| Soapsuds Soapsuds | 1979 | |
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| Sound Grammar | 2006 | |
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| Year Rank |
Decade Rank | All Time Rank | Sample | |||
| Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
|
Lonely Woman | 1959 |
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| Avant-Garde |
| Avant-Garde Jazz |
| Free Funk |
| Free Jazz |
| Orchestral Jazz |