Two Steps From The Blues (studio album) by Bobby Bland
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 07/07/2025 01:16 | TastyandTemptin | | 72/100 |
65/100 | 05/31/2025 14:11 | Elauqsapid | | 64/100 |
90/100 | 05/30/2025 03:34 | colabunga | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 11/22/2024 17:09 | davidleewrong | | 81/100 |
85/100 | 09/08/2024 13:07 | duelek | | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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O.T. 09/03/2025 21:37
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.
Jboy56 02/17/2022 17:17
This is blues and not too far away from deep cuts.
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.
swhaze 11/25/2014 22:25
These raves are all right on the mark - this is transcendent.
alelsupreme 02/22/2014 20:51
Bobby's up there with the best, and each song on this albums a banger. Very underrated album.
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.
ffudnebbuh 08/26/2010 19:14
"Lead me on" is in my top 5 all time great singles...have the original 45.
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