West Side Soul
by Magic Sam Blues Band

West Side Soul by Magic Sam Blues Band
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 11,229th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 65 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (150th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (802nd)
Award Best albums of all time (11,229th)

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Magic Sam Blues Band bestography

The best album by Magic Sam is West Side Soul which is ranked number 11229 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 104.

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West Side Soul
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Overall rank: 11,229th | 1960s rank: 802nd | 1968 rank: 150th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 65 votes)
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02/07/2026 19:50 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,02774/100
 
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04/16/2025 00:44 HotZappsBoogaloo  Ratings distribution  1,26983/100
 
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12/08/2023 18:45 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,95181/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

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From 12/07/2017 03:22 | #202754
How is this not ranked higher? This is one of the best blues records of all time.
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From 11/28/2013 09:23 | #95172
Fantastic album! Energetic, passionate, graceful. Perhaps my favourite Blues album. Should definitely be more recognized.
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