Delta Momma Blues
by Townes Van Zandt
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Townes Van Zandt bestography
Delta Momma Blues is ranked 5th best out of 34 albums by Townes Van Zandt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Townes Van Zandt is Townes Van Zandt which is ranked number 701 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,465.
(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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Delta Momma Blues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Delta Momma Blues rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 88 Music Albums of 1971 | 24/88 | 4 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 9/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Townes Van Zandt: So Far.. | 5/8 | - |
| 2026 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 8 Music Albums of the 1970s | 5/8 | 10 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Underrated Albums | 1/32 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | DriftingOrpheus | Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | 24/39 | 41 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 32 Music Albums of 1971 | 26/32 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 168 | |||
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Delta Momma Blues ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/26/2026 22:28 | DriftingOrpheus | 730 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 01:11 | AAL2014 | 4,239 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 08:50 | Johnnyo | 9,919 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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I'm a big Steve Earle fan and you can totally see why he rates TVZ so highly and where an awful lot of his influence came from.
Where I May Lead and the achingly beautiful Rake are the standout tracks for me. Great album (Edited)
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