Two Steps From The Blues
by Bobby Bland

Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
Year: 1961
Release date: 1961-00-00
Overall rank: 3,497th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 107 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1961 (9th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (296th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,497th)

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Bobby Bland bestography

Two Steps From The Blues is ranked as the best album by Bobby Bland.

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Two Steps From The Blues
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Overall rank: 3,497th | 1960s rank: 296th | 1961 rank: 9th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 107 votes)
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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 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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From 09/03/2025 21:37 | #310811 | TOP COMMENT
It's like the beginning of a new age in. music. It's a departure from the 50's, like "Shout" from the Isley Brothers. And at the same moment it feels like a mature work, it's not the pure youthful spirit that drives this record, even though Bobby sometimes screams and growls with a tremendous energy far from the reflected perspective, that one finds in his later work. it is so exciting, how fresh this record sounds. he opened the Blues doors into a new time.
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From 02/17/2022 17:17 | #281460
This is blues and not too far away from deep cuts.
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From 05/29/2017 06:01 | #191618 | TOP COMMENT
B.B. King said that Bobby Bland was the greatest blues singer he ever knew. That's high praise, as B.B. was a great singer as well as a great guitar player. Bobby Bland will make a believer of you as well if you listen to this album.
Favorite songs: I Pity The Fool, St. James Infirmary, Two Steps From the Blues.
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From 11/25/2014 22:25 | #127979
These raves are all right on the mark - this is transcendent.
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From 02/22/2014 20:51 | #104049 | TOP COMMENT
Bobby's up there with the best, and each song on this albums a banger. Very underrated album.
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From 08/30/2010 00:59 | #14758 | TOP COMMENT
Bland is one of the five greatest singers of all time. His voice, tone, phrasing are wonderful. And this album is a masterpiece every bit with many jewels like "I'll Take Care Of You", the tittle track and above all, "Lead Me On".

You know how it feels-you understand
What is it to be a stranger, in this unfriendly land.
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From 08/26/2010 19:14 | #14673 | TOP COMMENT
"Lead me on" is in my top 5 all time great singles...have the original 45.
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