Blue & Lonesome
by The Rolling Stones
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The Rolling Stones bestography
Blue & Lonesome is ranked 17th best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,203.
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Blue & Lonesome track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blue & Lonesome rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 3/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 82 Music Albums of 2016 | 60/82 | 1 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 30 Music Albums of 2016 | 4/30 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2016 | 24/49 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Revista La Dosis Los 100 mejores discos internacionales de 2016 | 89/100 | - |
| 2026 |  JR | The Rolling Stones | 22/23 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 2016 | 90/95 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Best of 2016 | 47/50 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2016 | 7/98 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Rolling Stones | 26/27 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 128 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 434 | |||
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Blue & Lonesome ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/01/2026 01:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,693 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:09 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2025 09:24 | Siromynian | 1,634 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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An enjoyable record with a nice raw sound with Mick especially blowing some wonderful harp. Being the blues it can get to being a bit samey but it's not too bad at all. I wonder if this is just a stop gap or the final Stones album. If it is it's a good way to end it by bringing everything full circle. Yes, a good album, nothing spectacular, but decent enough.
One of the things I dislike about classic Chicaago Blues is the muddiness of the sound recording due to the age of the records. This album fixes that problem. Everything sounds new and crisp, yet still retains that dirty blues feel. Also, Keith Richards + Eric Clapton is a match made in heaven.
Yes there back baby back to there roots and sounding just as good as they did in the early sixties playing the blues I hope this isn't full circle as I could listen to some more of this.
Even though it's just an album of covers, damn did they do the blues right again, even well into their 70s. Probably the Stones best album in 30 years.
Best song(s): Just Your Fool; Blue and Lonesome; All of Your Love; Ride 'Em on Down; I Can't Quit You Baby (Edited)
not for me,it does sound all samey.no stand out song and most likely never play this album again.
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