The Anthology, 1947-1972
by Muddy Waters
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Muddy Waters bestography
The Anthology, 1947-1972 is ranked 14th best out of 39 albums by Muddy Waters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Muddy Waters is The Best Of Muddy Waters which is ranked number 2027 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 829.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Anthology, 1947-1972 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Anthology, 1947-1972 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 | jonny5244 | Top 41 Music Albums of 2001 | 26/41 | 2 |
| 2025 |  EyeKanFly | Top 83 Music Albums of 2001 | 60/83 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 50 Blues albums of all time by DMD | 29/50 | - |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | 701-800 Favourite Songs | 48/100 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | Fess | Top 37 Greatest Music Albums | 20/37 | 17 |
| 2018 | rkm | Box Sets & Anthologies | 20/25 | - |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2018 | Jhef9312 | Favorite Songs | 68/100 | - |
| 2018 |  21stCenturySchiz | If Rolling Stone Magazine did 1 album per Artist Part 1 | 29/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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The Anthology, 1947-1972 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/30/2025 19:27 | marcoserra1966 | 883 | 59/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2024 02:20 |  Cardboardfolder | 3,731 | 88/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2024 20:36 |  MagicSix | 1,120 | 60/100 |
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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 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.4.
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planetneutral 02/28/2021 21:29 in planetneutral's Master Rating Log 2021- planetneutral 02/28/2021 18:44 in What album are you listening to right now?The Anthology, 1947-1972 comments
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planetneutral 02/28/2021 20:38 | #266797
So many classics of Chicago blues songwriting. Maybe a bit much for the total novice, but a thoughtful distillation of a very long career. (Edited)
ERadio 05/25/2016 20:00 | #166865
All you need of one of the true legends of the blues.
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