Jack Takes The Floor
by Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Jack Takes The Floor is ranked as the best album by Ramblin' Jack Elliott.
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Jack Takes The Floor track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Jack Takes The Floor rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1958 | 62/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 59 Music Albums of the 1950s | 27/59 | 11 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 29 Music Albums of the 1950s | 29/29 | 1 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | Top 11 Music Albums of 1958 | 5/11 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 30 Music Albums of 1958 | 11/30 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 38 Music Albums of 1958 | 18/38 | 3 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1958 | 22/23 | 0 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 60r albums (61), #0101-0200* | 10/95 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1958 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  djnizzi | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 99/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 183 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 16:25 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 01:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,647 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 14:46 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 66.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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The influence that this record would have on later artists is very clear but the music itself doesn't really hold up. The record feels very bare and not a lot really happens on most of the songs. There is only a couple of tracks that I would pick out and listen to again after this record and most of the other ones are pretty pointless. It is just quite a boring release and it is very hard to stay focused on the album. It isn't because it is just him and a guitar either because that has been done before on a record to a very interesting and entertaining degree but on here it just doesn't click for me. However, the way he plays guitar is very impressive as you can tell he has a very soft and smooth approach to playing his music. Overall, an influential album doesn't always mean it is good and I think this is one of those records as there is no reason to really revisit this release for me.
planetneutral 02/25/2018 05:06 | #209549 | TOP COMMENT
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Not sure the songs ultimately hold together as an album, but the influence on many of my favorite artists is obvious.
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