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| Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 | 1951 | 1 | 16 | 430 | 
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| Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 | 1952 | 1 | 29 | 693 |
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| Thelonious Monk | 1954 | 14 | 201 | 2784 | 
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| Brilliant Corners | 1957 | 3 | 15 | 419 |
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| Thelonious Himself | 1957 | 34 | 163 | 2246 |
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| Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | 1957 | 8 | 39 | 817 |
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| Monk's Music | 1958 | 8 | 45 | 941 |
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| Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk | 1958 | 17 | 92 | 1487 |
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| Misterioso | 1958 | 26 | 121 | 1808 |
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| Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe, New York City | 1958 | 23 | 111 | 1698 |
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| At Town Hall | 1959 | 22 | 127 | 1913 |
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| Thelonious Alone in San Francisco | 1960 | 22 | 338 | 2030 |
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| Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall | 2005 | 51 | 273 | 2155 |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| At the Blackhawk | 1960 |
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| Live at the It Club | 1964 |
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Round Midnight | 1946 | 1 | 5 | 387 |
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