Chain Gang
by Joshua White And His Carolinians
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Joshua White And His Carolinians bestography
Chain Gang is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Josh White on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Josh White is Southern Exposure which is ranked number 6560 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 202.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Chain Gang track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Chain Gang rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 85 Music Albums of the 1940s | 47/85 | 9 |
| 2025 | Olli | Top 70 Music Albums of 1940 | 14/69 | - |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | 1940 - The Very Best Albums | 16/69 | - |
| 2020 |  Graeme2 | Top 14 Music Albums of the 1940s | 2/14 | 19 |
| 2020 |  RoundTheBend | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1940s | 9/91 | 18 |
| 2020 | space22ify | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1940s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | Graeme2 | 1930s 1940s | 9/11 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 54 | |||
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Chain Gang ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/26/2026 18:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2024 19:20 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,661 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2024 19:15 | duelek | 2,080 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2022 11:39 | jonny5244 | 8,460 | 63/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2022 11:03 | habibi333 | 961 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.6.
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Really powerful stuff, protest music that is deeply felt and the harmonies will take you to that bluesy place. One thing I will say from a modern perspective is that they are all kind of the same song which is the 12 bar blues pattern
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