It Serves You Right To Suffer
by John Lee Hooker
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It Serves You Right To Suffer is ranked 3rd best out of 72 albums by John Lee Hooker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Lee Hooker is I'm John Lee Hooker which is ranked number 3177 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 481.
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It Serves You Right To Suffer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
It Serves You Right To Suffer rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 14:16 | Olli | 7,847 | 62/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 20:53 | ejiniestac | 616 | 66/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 01:12 | Devilwoac | 1,422 | 97/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 18:54 | Rivera | 2,050 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2025 11:52 |  rambleon80 | 2,680 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Jboy56 11/02/2022 15:29 | #290987 | TOP COMMENT
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Deep as it gets, Hooker is always convincing!
mdbaxter 11/21/2019 16:36 | #245052
This album doesn't hold up very well in the present day. I feel like the blues have been beat into the ground over the last 50 years so it's tough to judge. It's also tough to judge because I'm sure the album format wasn't the most conducive environment for the music.
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