Two Steps From The Blues
by Bobby Bland
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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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Two Steps From The Blues rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1961 | 5/10 | 3 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 62 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 4 | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 99 Music Albums of 1961 | 38/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1961 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Dingerbell | Top 5 Music Albums of 1961 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1961 | 16/22 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 109 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 430 | |||
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| ! | 07/01/2026 18:40 | Dingerbell | 4,189 | 63/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 09:52 | wadwicz5 | 906 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 02:17 | duelek | 2,234 | 75/100 |
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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 77.5/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Two Steps From The Blues forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5394): By O.T.View latest topic →
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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.
(Edited)
O.T. 09/03/2025 21:37 | #310811 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
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.
alelsupreme 02/22/2014 20:51 | #104049 | TOP COMMENT
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Bobby's up there with the best, and each song on this albums a banger. Very underrated album.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/26/2010 19:14 | #14673 | TOP COMMENT
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"Lead me on" is in my top 5 all time great singles...have the original 45.
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