The Immortal
by Mississippi John Hurt

The Immortal by Mississippi John Hurt
Year: 1967
Overall rank: 21,539th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1967 (177th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (1,351st)
Award Best albums of all time (21,539th)

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Mississippi John Hurt bestography

The Immortal is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by Mississippi John Hurt on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mississippi John Hurt is Today! which is ranked number 6890 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 189.

Mississippi John Hurt album bestography « Higher ranked (10,631st)
Folk Songs And Blues
This album (21,539th)
The Immortal
Lower ranked (64,225th) »
Last Sessions

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Overall rank: 21,539th | 1960s rank: 1,351st | 1967 rank: 177th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 25 votes)
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From 05/09/2026 10:21 | #314370
This is laid back blues. Wonderful fingerpicking though.
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From 02/06/2023 14:09 | #293636
I'm not a big fan of acoustic blues, the songs are a tad to country blues for my taste. In small portions acoustic b is okay, I prefer JLH and his aggressive style more.
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