The Bad PlusBest The Bad Plus Albums Ranked
7.6
Avg Score
7
Opinions
8
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 7 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Bad Plus’s catalog across 8 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 7.6/10. The top-rated The Bad Plus album is Never Stop II (2018) with a 10.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Complex Emotions and Prog. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2003 to 2024.
These Are the Vistas
“The problem with jazz is... well, I'm not exactly sure. I can tell you that I'm getting tired of opening jazz reviews with a survey of the genre's problems. In the end, it's probably no worse off than any other music predating rock and roll, and that it at least still has a Grammy category should be encouraging. Perhaps the only real problem is that big labels have a tough time marketing it (see i”
The Rite of Spring
“Musicians will never stop trying to reimagine Stravinsky's savage, gleaming The Rite of Spring, and now the Bad Plus are stepping up to the plate. The jazz trio won acclaim by twisting hard rock and punk songs into their own language, but the Bad Plus just aren't a match for the full blast of Stravinsky's orchestra.”
Give
“I first heard The Bad Plus' breakthrough major label debut, *These Are the Vistas*, before reading Stuart Nicholson's article in *Jazz Times*, which called the record "one of the most important... to appear in more than a decade." I wouldn't encounter those outlandish words until much later, after developing a bulletproof affection for the group, which no underhanded assailment of their big-league”