The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs)
by Lead Belly
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The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) is ranked as the best album by Lead Belly.
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The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 10 Music Albums of the 1940s | 4/10 | 14 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 3 Music Albums of 1941 | 1/2 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 68 Music Albums of 1941 | 1/71 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 33 Music Albums of the 1940s | 3/33 | 19 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | 1941 - The Very Best Albums | 3/75 | - |
| 2026 | downandout | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 85 Music Albums of the 1940s | 2/85 | 20 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 63 Music Albums of the 1940s | 57/63 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 349 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 10:57 |  Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2026 15:13 | cicadelic | 13,991 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 04:54 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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VictorVale 09/02/2020 18:02 | #257691
Folk blues é a alma do negro americano!
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