# What is the best Miles Davis album of all time?

> From the quiet revolution of modal jazz to electric fusion and orchestral grandeur, every era of Miles Davis's restless genius is in play. Cast your vote!

*By YPB Team · Published May 26, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-miles-davis-album-of-all-time*

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1. **Kind of Blue**
   Davis's 1959 modal jazz landmark and the best-selling jazz album in history.
2. **Bitches Brew**
   Davis's landmark 1970 double album that fused jazz with rock and launched the jazz-fusion era.
3. **In a Silent Way**
   Davis's 1969 ambient, meditative masterpiece that bridged jazz and fusion with electric textures.
4. **Sketches of Spain**
   Davis and arranger Gil Evans's 1960 orchestral collaboration blending jazz with Spanish folk music.
5. **Birth of the Cool**
   Davis's 1957 compilation of 1949–50 sessions that defined the cool jazz movement.
6. **Milestones**
   Davis's 1958 hard bop album that introduced modal jazz concepts before Kind of Blue.
7. **E.S.P.**
   The 1965 debut of the Second Great Quintet, showcasing Davis's forward-looking post-bop sound.
8. **Miles Smiles**
   Davis's 1967 Second Great Quintet album celebrated for its loose, exploratory swing.
9. **Nefertiti**
   Davis's 1968 Second Great Quintet recording named after a hypnotic Wayne Shorter composition.
10. **On the Corner**
   Davis's 1972 funk-influenced electric album that pushed jazz toward street-level groove.
11. **Porgy and Bess**
   Davis and Gil Evans's 1958 lush orchestral re-imagining of Gershwin's opera.
12. **Miles Ahead**
   Davis and Gil Evans's 1957 landmark recording that reimagined Davis as a solo voice within a full orchestra.
13. **Filles de Kilimanjaro**
   Davis's 1968 transitional album bridging his acoustic quintet era and the electric explorations ahead.
14. **Tutu**
   Davis's sleek 1986 comeback album produced by Marcus Miller, named in honor of Desmond Tutu.
15. **Agharta**
   Davis's 1975 live double album, a ferocious electric performance recorded in Osaka at his peak.

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