Moanin' The Blues
by Hank Williams
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Hank Williams bestography
Moanin' The Blues is ranked as the best album by Hank Williams.
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Moanin' The Blues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Moanin' The Blues rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 59 Music Albums of the 1950s | 12/59 | 16 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | 85 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 5 Music Albums of 1952 | 1/5 | 5 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 36 Music Albums of 1952 | 3/36 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 50 Music Albums of 1952 | 6/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1952 | 7/30 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 10 Music Albums of 1952 | 1/10 | 5 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 83 Music Albums of the 1950s | 25/83 | 14 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s | 23/60 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 114 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 779 | |||
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Moanin' The Blues ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/08/2026 06:13 | pharoahstune | 255 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 05:56 | Olli | 7,941 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2026 15:58 |  Dingerbell | 4,175 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Moanin' The Blues forum mentions
Repo 10/04/2026 23:34 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Listening to this album is like taking a master class in pop songwriting. Pure, catchy and full of hooks. (Edited)
lancashirearab TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/12/2012 07:02 | #40016 | TOP COMMENT
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What a great voice Hank has got. His songs are so powerful and his life story is full of tragedy and sorrow.
This album contains only powerful, great songs by an amazing artist. That's a really good country music album.
THE BEST ALBUM
ESSENTIAL.
There's a reason he is called the Hillbilly Shakespeare. No other artist laid out their heart in lyrics like this part-Cherokee Alabama native.
This was one of the first LPs by Williams, assembled from recent singles recorded between 1947-1951, and released within a year of his death. The original 10" LP was later expanded with four extra songs later in the decade.
Happily, the original album, plus the four tracks from the expanded LP, have been reissued for streaming with the original cover art.
I'm very fortunate to have a 12" LP with the four bonus tracks I listed above.
TRACK: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/03/2012 02:14 | #41429 | TOP COMMENT
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Hank Williams' voice tears at your heart.
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