Live At The Regal
by B.B. King
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Live At The Regal is ranked as the best album by B.B. King.
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Live At The Regal track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live At The Regal rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 42 Music Albums of 1965 | 31/42 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 12/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 15 Music Albums of 1965 | 8/15 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest blues / blues rock albums of the 60’s | 21/43 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 39 Music Albums of 1965 | 12/39 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 401-500 | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 82/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 231 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 946 | |||
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Live At The Regal ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 14:38 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 07:56 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2026 17:22 | Johnnyo | 9,850 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Live At The Regal forum mentions
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Live At The Regal comments
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swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/10/2014 18:54 | #123921 | TOP COMMENT
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This record --- and BB King --- doesn't need me to enhance any reputation. Obviously this is one of the greatest blues recordings ever made.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/29/2012 00:57 | #49522 | TOP COMMENT
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This bucks the trend for me in two ways:
1. I usually don't go for live albums... except for blues artists. The rawness of the music is usually highlighted by an intimate audience. This is a dynamite live performance.
2. I usually find BB King overrated. On this album, he more than lives up to the hype.
Gooz 04/01/2014 12:07 | #108227 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a dynamite live performance²
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/19/2010 22:57 | #14517 | TOP COMMENT
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Marvellous album by the King of the Blues. Opens up with four straight stunners culminating in How Blue Can You Get, and if it hadn't been for the inclusion of Help the Poor at the end this could have been the perfect blues album.
BB King is a grandmaster blues guitarist (undoubtedly one of the greatest guitarists ever). He understands the blues at a deep level in a way that this record transcends the time it was recorded to resonate with listeners today. 9/10! (Edited)
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