Live In Cook County Jail
by B.B. King
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B.B. King bestography
Live In Cook County Jail is ranked 5th best out of 68 albums by B.B. King on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by B.B. King is Live At The Regal which is ranked number 1797 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 950.
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Live In Cook County Jail track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live In Cook County Jail 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 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Upcoming Album Club Picks 1 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 36 Music Albums of 1971 | 35/36 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 38/50 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 50 Blues albums of all time by DMD | 24/50 | - |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0301-0400* | 75/97 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 64 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 142 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 23:06 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 20:23 | Deckard | 267 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2026 07:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,900 | 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 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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baystateoftheart 05/04/2021 01:53 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
UofTBlues 03/14/2020 22:49 in What album are you listening to right now?Live In Cook County Jail comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2015 03:29 | #132170 | TOP COMMENT
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Well suited performer to audience. On par with Johnny Cash.
Excellent performance! One of the best blues artist.
Jboy56 04/12/2023 14:06 | #296003 | TOP COMMENT
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BB and his name tell it all..
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