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Quincy Jones

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All Time

of 150,006

900
Decades
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  0
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  78
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  0
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  1,001
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  4,619
- 2000s
  
  of 10,561
  
  0
Genres
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  600
- Miscellaneous
  
  of 2,544
  
  586
- Pop
  
  of 13,662
  
  6,479
- R&B & Soul
  
  of 1,920
  
  532

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1950s

0.0000

1960s

2.9774

1970s

0.0000

1980s

0.8746

1990s

1.7457

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Quincy Jones is ranked overall as 2.5106 out of 4 stars

2.5106

Quincy Jones Album Rankings

This Is How I Feel About Jazz by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 3.6989 out of 4 stars for This Is How I Feel About Jazz

This Is How I Feel About Jazz (3.6989)

The music on this CD is from a period when arranger Quincy Jones was a major part of the jazz world, rather than being content just to take bows for it. ...more

24.95

Quincy Jones scores a combined 3.4971 out of 4 stars for Walking in Space

Walking in Space (3.4971)

The protean Quincy Jones returned to the recording studio as a leader after a long stretch in Hollywood with this triumphantly contemporary big band album. ...more

10.17

to

13.99

from (5) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 2.5597 out of 4 stars for Slow Jams

Slow Jams (2.5597)

"Slow Jams" is a real unknown gem performed byBabyface,Tamia,Portrait, andBarry White, and was featured on the Quincy Jones album from 1996. This is a rare and relatively unknown remix byMr. ...more

CD Pricing Not Available

The Best of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 1.8793 out of 4 stars for The Best of Quincy Jones

The Best of Quincy Jones (1.8793)

No review available

6.67

to

12.86

from (6) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 1.4255 out of 4 stars for Back on the Block

Back on the Block (1.4255)

Clive Davis once wrote that the secret of success in the record business is not to know what's coming but to know what's arrived, and the clearest imprimatur of having arrived is working with Quincy J ...more

8.59

to

30.00

from (6) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.2630 out of 4 stars for From Q with Love

From Q with Love (0.2630)

No review available

12.00

to

22.49

from (6) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Talkin' Verve

Talkin' Verve (0.0000)

No review available

10.56

to

14.98

from (5) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for I'm Yours

I'm Yours (0.0000)

No review available

12.98

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Ultimate Collection

Ultimate Collection (0.0000)

It's rare for a producer by trade to release a best-of collection, but when you have some 27 Grammy Awards with your name on them, exceptions can be made. Quincy Jones is just that exception. ...more

8.59

to

13.34

from (5) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Smackwater Jack

Smackwater Jack (0.0000)

No review available

18.85

to

19.19

from (3) sources

In the Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mr. Tibbs by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for In the Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mr. Tibbs

In the Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mr. Tibbs (0.0000)

No review available

69.16

You Put a Move on My Heart by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for You Put a Move on My Heart

You Put a Move on My Heart (0.0000)

No review available

29.37

to

29.49

from (2) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Best Of Quincy Jones

Best Of Quincy Jones (0.0000)

Quincy Jones' A&M recordings, which roam gradually from the maestro's old big-band base to smoothly polished assaults on the pop charts, are given a cursory glance here. ...more

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones (0.0000)

No review available

CD Pricing Not Available

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for I'll Be Good to You

I'll Be Good to You (0.0000)

No review available

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Plays The Hip Hits

Plays The Hip Hits (0.0000)

No review available

CD Pricing Not Available

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Erotic Garden

Erotic Garden (0.0000)

No review available

CD Pricing Not Available

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for I Never Told You

I Never Told You (0.0000)

No review available

25.99

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Gula Matari

Gula Matari (0.0000)

With his second and last album under the Creed Taylor aegis, the complexities of Quincy Jones' catholic, evolving tastes start to reveal themselves. ...more

CD Pricing Not Available

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Tomorrow

Tomorrow (0.0000)

No review available

6.00

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Big Band Bossa Nova

Big Band Bossa Nova (0.0000)

A by-product of the bossa nova fad that followed the success of "Desafinado" (and preceded the famous recording Getz/Gilberto), this set finds Quincy Jones utilizing and exploiting bossa nova rhythms ...more

4.98

to

11.98

from (5) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Body Heat

Body Heat (0.0000)

Body Heatis already a hit of considerable proportion. ...more

6.49

to

9.09

from (5) sources

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy (0.0000)

No review available

3.99

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for At Newport 61

At Newport 61 (0.0000)

No review available

28.99

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for The Best

The Best (0.0000)

No review available

Something I Can Not Have by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Something I Can Not Have

Something I Can Not Have (0.0000)

No review available

5.85

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Big Band Equals Jazz

Big Band Equals Jazz (0.0000)

No review available

17.86

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Dude

Dude (0.0000)

Now running his own Qwest label and a thousand other things, Quincy Jones still owed one more album to A&M -- and he gave them a blockbuster, one that reached number ten, yielded three hit pop single ...more

7.12

to

8.97

from (3) sources

Q Live in Paris Circa 1960 by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Q Live in Paris Circa 1960

Q Live in Paris Circa 1960 (0.0000)

In late 1959, 26-year-old trumpeter/arranger Quincy Jones was engaged to conduct a jazz band for a musical called Free and Easy, the songs for which were written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. ...more

8.43

to

13.29

from (2) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side (0.0000)

No review available

1.99

Sounds...And Stuff Like That!! by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Sounds...And Stuff Like That!!

Sounds...And Stuff Like That!! (0.0000)

No review available

6.00

to

8.97

from (5) sources

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Stomp

Stomp (0.0000)

No review available

18.98

The Best of Quincy Jones, Vol. 2 by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for The Best of Quincy Jones, Vol. 2

The Best of Quincy Jones, Vol. 2 (0.0000)

No review available

Very Best of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Very Best of Quincy Jones

Very Best of Quincy Jones (0.0000)

No review available

Quincy Jones scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Mellow Madness

Mellow Madness (0.0000)

Released not long after Quincy Jones was operated upon for life-threatening brain aneurysms, the music community was glad to have this album around (you can almost sense Q's own relief as he holds hi ...more