Lightnin' And The Blues
by Lightnin' Hopkins
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Lightnin' Hopkins bestography
Lightnin' And The Blues is ranked 12th best out of 39 albums by Sam Hopkins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sam Hopkins is Lightnin' Hopkins which is ranked number 5256 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 265.
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Lightnin' And The Blues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lightnin' And The Blues 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 | Steppenwolf666 | Pt7 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website | 43/92 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Album covers: Quirky, intriguing, aesthetically pleasing | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 |  StefanR10 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1955 | 24/99 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1960 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1960 | 9/87 | 5 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1960 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2023 |  jwammo12 | Top 39 Music Albums of the 1950s | 10/39 | - |
| 2021 |  Repo | Top 10 Music Albums of 1955 | 3/10 | - |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1955 | 20/100 | - |
| 2018 | Ashmark | Top 15 Music Albums of 1955 | 6/15 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/20/2025 20:24 | duelek | 2,219 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2022 03:35 | Gendjar | 4,750 | 56/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2021 18:23 | TonySayers61 | 26,038 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Ahh...
The legend of Lightnin' Hopkins...from humble beginnings in Centerville, Texas to meeting Blind Lemon Jefferson at the age of 8... to a lifetime of music before his death in 1982 from esophageal cancer. Simply a legend. A series of sides recorded in 1954 for Herald Records in Houston and released as 7 inch singles, this album was compiled and released in 1960 (despite its 1955 listing here). "Lightnin' and the Blues" is a great album full of soul, great songs, and lively acoustic blues guitar.
Best tracks: Evil Hearted Woman, Sick Feelin' Blues, and Blues for my Cookie.
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