Live In Cook County Jail
by B.B. King

Live In Cook County Jail by B.B. King
(Live album)
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 8,690th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (131st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,284th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,690th)

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B.B. King bestography

Live In Cook County Jail is ranked 5th best out of 67 albums by B.B. King on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by B.B. King is Live At The Regal which is ranked number 1782 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 956.

B.B. King album bestography « Higher ranked (7,107th)
Completely Well
This album (8,690th)
Live In Cook County Jail
Lower ranked (9,932nd) »
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Overall rank: 8,690th | 1970s rank: 1,284th | 1971 rank: 131st

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77/100 (from 80 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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From 04/12/2023 14:06 | #296003
BB and his name tell it all..
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From 05/16/2020 05:58 | #251499
Excellent performance! One of the best blues artist.
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Well suited performer to audience. On par with Johnny Cash.
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