The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) (studio album) by Lead Belly

The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) by Lead Belly
Year: 1941
Overall rank: 4,652nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1941 (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of the 1940s (4th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,652nd)
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This album is rated in the top 26% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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