The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (studio album) by Howlin' Wolf

The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions by Howlin' Wolf
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 7,410th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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74/100 (from 64 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (117th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,172nd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,410th)
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The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions is ranked 4th best out of 23 albums by Howlin' Wolf on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Howlin' Wolf is Moanin' In The Moonlight which is ranked number 749 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,400.

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74/100 (from 64 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 19% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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From 04/15/2023 11:08
This is the BLUES, say no more sweet little red rooster
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From 08/22/2019 18:45
One of the best blues albums of all time - it's fantastic to hear old pro bluesman Wolf fronting the top new bluesmen of the era including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts joined throughout by longtime Wolf sideman Hubert Sumlin. The group whips through standards from Howlin Wolf's past mostly composed by the master's own hand or that of Chess Records' staple Willie Dixon. Former Beatle Ringo Starr even finds time to play on "I Ain't Superstitious, credited as "Richie" here. Also on 4 numbers is "sixth Stone" Ian Stewart.
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From 03/31/2019 16:20
O mestre mostra como se faz aos britânicos (incluindo Clapton)!
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From 09/12/2016 23:24
Very good album. The Wolf nails it as usual over a brit-blues band groove through the record. Clapton is in top form and you can feel his enthusiasm about working with two of his heroes (the other is guitarist Hubert Sumlin wich he specifically requested to be at the recording sessions as a necessary condition for him to play on the album).
The better track IMO is Sitting on top of the world with an awesome performance.
Probably the better album of the "black blues historic figure + white new guys band" formula that was en vogue at the late 60s.
This would be a good starting place for a rock guy to start getting into black blues territory.
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75/100
From 01/26/2016 16:02
Surprised at how low a rating this album has received. Great set list, great musicians, one of the best blues vocalists ever = fabulous. Starts off with the jump blues Rockin' Daddy, with Clapton doing his best Hubert Sumlin impression and goes on for almost 30 minutes. Love the instruction given for The Re Rooster. Ends with the mammoth Wang Dang Doodle. Only regret over album is that they don't do Evil.
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