Super Session (studio album) by Mike Bloomfield / Al Kooper / Steve Stills

Super Session by Mike Bloomfield / Al Kooper / Steve Stills
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 5,602nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 79 votes)
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 79 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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75/100
From 07/03/2022 04:33
I owned and played this album quite a few times way way back in the early 70's. One of the first 'super groups' (although Kooper, Still & Bloomfield never took part collectively on any of the album songs). Stills was soon destined for more supergroup greatness with Crosby & Nash and eventually Young. I liked it that Kooper & Stills did an interesting cover of Dylan's 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry'. I have added that version to my 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart.
The story goes that originally Kooper & Bloomfield were going to make an album and ended up doing the tracks on side 1 of the album on day 1 of recording. Bloomfield then left town and Kooper enlisted Stills (at very short notice) and they did side 2 of the album.
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70/100
From 01/21/2022 18:47
Pretty good stuff. "His Holy Modal Majesty" is the standout for me. The rest is nice listening but nothing too inventive. I probably fail to appreciate some of the studio wizardry and instrumental intricacies. The horns can be a little overwhelming.
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85/100
From 12/09/2021 09:31
Lots of great guitar for the fun of slower blueses fan.
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80/100
From 01/24/2021 21:06
Enjoyable combination of competent musicians making fun music together. 'Super' might be a touch generous for this LP, but it's a solid release for fans of jamming, blues-y(with a touch of country) rock music.
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From 08/21/2019 20:59
"Harvey's Tune" is my favorite track here. It has an incredible moody atmosphere to get lost in.
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From 03/17/2016 14:33
An overlooked gem.
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From 01/25/2015 20:19
Stumbled on to it and glad I did. Great blues jam album.
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From 03/03/2010 10:20
Great blues album! My dad turned me onto them. I'm surprised there aren't more fans on here!
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