Black Magic (studio album) by Magic Sam

Black Magic by Magic Sam
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 38,044th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 14 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (365th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (2,265th)
Award Best albums of all time (38,044th)
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Magic Sam bestography

Black Magic is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Magic Sam on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Magic Sam is West Side Soul which is ranked number 7094 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 179.

Magic Sam album bestography « Higher ranked (7,094th) This album (38,044th) Lower ranked (98,900th) »
West Side SoulBlack MagicAn Introduction To Magic Sam

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Black Magic track list

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76/100 (from 14 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.4.

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His second and last studio album, recorded about a year before he keeled over and died at the age of 32, of a heart attack I guess. Apparently he was talking about moving from this label to Stax; that would have been great to hear him with that band, although this band is good, too. This is blues, but it borders on 60s Stax-style soul at times, eg You Belong To Me or Keep Loving Me Baby, a non-blues soul tune that also has a hint of John Lee Hooker-style blues. Both this and West Side Soul are great albums.
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Best Albums of 1968
1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
5. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
6. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
7. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
8. Music From Big Pink by The Band
9. Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
10. At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
11. A Saucerful Of Secrets by Pink Floyd
12. Waiting For The Sun by The Doors
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16. The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds
17. Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
18. Wheels Of Fire by Cream
19. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds
20. The United States Of America by The United States Of America
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