Blues Walk
by Lou Donaldson

Blues Walk by Lou Donaldson
Year: 1958
Overall rank: 6,949th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1958 (49th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (205th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,949th)

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Blues Walk is ranked as the best album by Lou Donaldson.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 6,949th | 1950s rank: 205th | 1958 rank: 49th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 38 votes)
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70/100
 
12/25/2025 00:39 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
60/100
 
11/08/2025 13:20 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,48164/100
 
80/100
 
08/17/2025 23:25 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,32579/100
 
80/100
 
02/01/2025 04:21 jnmayles  Ratings distribution  2,20173/100
 
85/100
 
01/14/2025 09:36 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,84276/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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85/100
From 03/20/2022 15:23 | #283112
Good Lou
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From 11/28/2016 19:42 | #179291
Magnificent jazz from start to finish on this one. With the possible exception of Coltrane, this is proably my favorite tenor album of all time. The ensemble, while not household names, fit perfectly as well.
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