Gospel Train
by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Gospel Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 3,822nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 53 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1956 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (116th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,822nd)

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe bestography

Gospel Train is ranked as the best album by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,822nd | 1950s rank: 116th | 1956 rank: 19th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 40 Music Albums of 195626/402
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s53/10010
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s86/1003
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 15 Music Albums of the 1950s11/157
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195668/1002
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s55/1009
2025 TamthebamTop 70 Music Albums of 195617/704
2025arnellarsenTop 48 Music Albums of 195618/483
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 36 Music Albums of the 1950s25/367
2025brent13Top 2 Music Albums of 19561/25
2025OlliTop 63 Music Albums of 195619/634
2025dukeboxkoolTop 19 Music Albums of 195611/192
2025TastyandTemptinTop 21 Music Albums of 195611/213
2025 KitchenSinkTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s31/10014
2025MoondanceTop 2 Music Albums of 19561/25
2025 BoltzmannTop 89 Greatest Music Albums17/8977
2025WayneMCUncut The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1950s (1-100)30/100 -
2025brent13Top 4 Music Albums of the 1950s1/420
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 195650/1003
2025henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s18/10017
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 62
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 382
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73/100 (from 53 votes)
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85/100
 
01/22/2026 09:51 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,04973/100
 
70/100
 
12/24/2025 00:05 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69970/100
 
70/100
 
12/22/2025 02:11 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,10272/100
 
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11/16/2025 06:06 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,08933/100
 
85/100
 
11/07/2025 19:34 Guigou  Ratings distribution  1,36375/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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85/100
From 12/13/2021 14:21 | #277445
This is a must listen and should have been in the 1001 Albums book !
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From 04/10/2020 18:05 | #249763
This lady is just fire.
Even though sometimes she exaggerates in a proto-The Voice way and the lyrics suffer with it, listening to her music is a worthy and intense experience.
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15. Bluejean Bop by Gene Vincent
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