Sweet Baby James
by James Taylor
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Sweet Baby James is ranked as the best album by James Taylor.
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Sweet Baby James track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Sweet Baby James rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1970 | 28/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 2 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 301-400 | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | James Taylor: So Far.. | 1/4 | - |
| 2026 | roberto71 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 16/100 | 80 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 38/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 43/54 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 258 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,081 | |||
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Sweet Baby James ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/02/2026 07:51 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2026 12:06 |  Tamthebam | 23,349 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2026 18:21 | Jakor | 5,548 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Sweet Baby James forum mentions
Romanelli 10/16/2025 21:30 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 05/22/2024 00:23 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2021 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movementsSweet Baby James comments
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1971 Grammy Awards. The Winner that year was Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel. (Edited)
James Taylor's best album - by far. It is filled with lovely songs, many of them classics. I could do without "Steamroller Blues" and "Oh Baby Don't Lose Your Lip on Me". They send me running for the skip button every time. (Edited)
Impecable colección de James Taylor en su momento más inspirado.
remarkable distinct voice and songs (Edited)
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