The Cream
by John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker bestography
The Cream is ranked 23rd best out of 72 albums by John Lee Hooker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Lee Hooker is I'm John Lee Hooker which is ranked number 3177 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 481.
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The Cream track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (4 out of 15 tracks have been rated).
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The Cream rankings
The Cream rankings summary
Overall rank: 53,921st | 1970s rank: 4,968th | 1978 rank: 519th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | albums in 2021 (deleting) | 79/98 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Top albums of all time by male solo artists (1 - 100) | 64/82 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Top albums of all time (201 - 300) | 76/100 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Best Ever Albums (201 - 292) | 81/92 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Mississippi | 2/61 | - |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | 1 album per artist - greatest albums chart (101 - 182) | 75/82 | - |
| 2020 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 99/99 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 12 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2024 09:32 | Moondance | 20,796 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2023 13:32 |  MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2020 18:02 | TodFitz | 27,373 | 63/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2020 19:55 |  Maxence | 12,753 | 61/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2018 11:27 | Johnnyo | 9,812 | 77/100 |
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Johnnyo 05/29/2018 11:27 | #215752
This is simply a stunning live album and a must for all JLH fans. I love it.
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