Gospel Train
by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Gospel Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Year: 1956
Overall rank: 3,823rd   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 (3,823rd)

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe bestography

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

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Gospel Train
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Overall rank: 3,823rd | 1950s rank: 116th | 1956 rank: 19th

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73/100 (from 53 votes)
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01/22/2026 09:51 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,04873/100
 
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12/24/2025 00:05 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,74170/100
 
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12/22/2025 02:11 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,52172/100
 
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11/16/2025 06:06 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100
 
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11/07/2025 19:34 Guigou  Ratings distribution  1,36776/100

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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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