Blues & Roots (album) by Charles Mingus 

This album At A Glance Blues & Roots by Charles Mingus (1960) Average Rating:  80/100 (from 32 votes)    Accolades: Top 5 albums of 1960 (3rd) Buy album             Use the iTunes, Amazon or eBay buttons to safely buy this item from one of the world's top online stores.

Blues & Roots is an album by Charles Mingus. It is ranked number 2,631 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 331 from 18 greatest album charts.

Blues & Roots is ranked number 3 in the best albums of 1960 and number 206 in the best albums of the 1960s.

In total, there are 16 music albums by Charles Mingus which appear in the greatest album charts and Blues & Roots is NOT ranked as the best. The best album by Charles Mingus is The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady which is ranked number 173 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,221.

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Members who like this album also like: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus, Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis and A Love Supreme by John Coltrane.

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Blues & Roots track list

#		Track	Rating
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1.		Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting	79/100 (3 votes)
2.		Cryin' Blues	78/100 (2 votes)
3.		Moanin'	80/100 (3 votes)
4.		Tensions	79/100 (3 votes)
5.		My Jelly Roll Soul	78/100 (2 votes)
6.		E's Flat Ah's Flat Too	80/100 (3 votes)

The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated.)

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All 18 charts that this album appears in:

Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2013	junodog4	Top 20 Music Albums of 1960	13/20	2
2013	RFNAPLES	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	83/100	4
2013	RFNAPLES	Top Jazz Albums, Part 1	52/100	-
2013	temment	Top 15 Music Albums of 1960	8/15	3
2013	temment	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	69/100	6
2013	thejoj96	Top 91 Greatest Music Albums	8/91	92
2013	sheep21	Top 8 Music Albums of 1960	6/8	2
2013	Norman Bates	Top 11 Music Albums of 1960	4/11	4
2013	CellarDoor	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	24/100	15
2013	tseliot	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	10/40	-
2012	svenerik	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	86/100	15
2012	zonrod	Top 40 Music Albums of 1960	4/40	5
2012	RFNAPLES	Top 7 Music Albums of 1960	6/7	1
2011	joannajewsom	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	82/100	19
2011	1234567890	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	94/100	7
2011	Elston	Top 48 Greatest Music Albums	16/48	69
2010	macunaima	Top 16 Greatest Music Albums	7/16	63
2010	mr_pandeiro_man	Top 20 Greatest Music Albums	16/20	25
		Total Charts:   The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		18
		Total Rank Score:   The total rank score.		331

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From an_outlaw 08/02/2010 01:08

Nice music for tidying. I can't see myself listening to it much more though.

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From mikeyskywalker 04/16/2010 15:10

Really, really good album! I need to start listening to more Mingus.

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