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2023
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Year End Lists
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Best Albums
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Blues
Critics' Highest Rated Blues Albums of All Time
Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings
100
critic score
(5)
Durand Jones
Wait Til I Get Over
87
critic score
(6)
Ali Farka Touré
Savane
87
critic score
(11)
Jake Blount
The New Faith
84
critic score
(5)
Robert Finley
Black Bayou
83
critic score
(7)
Various Artists
Tell Everybody! 21st Century Juke Joint Blues from Easy Eye Sound
82
critic score
(5)
Tom Waits
Closing Time
82
critic score
(5)
Mose Allison
The Way of the World
81
critic score
(7)
Dion
Blues With Friends
80
critic score
(6)
Pops Staples
Don't Lose This
80
critic score
(8)
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Users' Highest Rated Blues Albums of All Time
Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings
88
user score
(63)
Nina Simone
Nina Simone Sings the Blues
86
user score
(342)
Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was the Night
83
user score
(25)
Daniel Johnston
Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album
83
user score
(995)
Various Artists
Anthology of American Folk Music
83
user score
(27)
B.B. King
Indianola Missisippi Seeds
83
user score
(40)
Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues Singers
82
user score
(129)
Elizabeth Cotten
Folksongs and Instrumentals With Guitar
82
user score
(87)
B.B. King
Live in Cook County Jail
82
user score
(54)
Odetta
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
81
user score
(28)
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Recent Blues Albums
Robert Finley
Black Bayou
83
critic score
(7)
Various Artists
Tell Everybody! 21st Century Juke Joint Blues from Easy Eye Sound
82
critic score
(5)
Greg Joseph
Drop The Rock
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Critics' Top Blues Artists
Eric Clapton
Buddy Guy
Seasick Steve
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9
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6
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6
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12
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6
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5
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12
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10
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