Blues & Roots
by Charles Mingus
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Charles Mingus bestography
Blues & Roots is ranked 4th best out of 54 albums by Charles Mingus on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Charles Mingus is The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady which is ranked number 94 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,125.
(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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Blues & Roots track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Blues & Roots rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1960 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 30/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 24 Music Albums of 1960 | 12/24 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1960 | 1/10 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 31 Music Albums of 1960 | 3/31 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Jazz | 73/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Instrumental or Jazz Albums | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Ever Albums - 1 per Year | 60/68 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 246 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,360 | |||
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Blues & Roots ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/09/2026 23:46 | VeVt | 98 | 39/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 10:51 |  Dingerbell | 4,168 | 63/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 22:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,308 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
Blues & Roots favourites
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Blues & Roots forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 03/07/2024 21:00 in Album of the day (#4827): Blues & Roots by Charles MinguView latest topic →
Mercury 06/08/2021 02:52 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionView all forum mentions
Blues & Roots comments
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PsychologistHD 08/01/2015 02:16 | #146828 | TOP COMMENT
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I don't understand why we don't talk about this album on a daily basis. (Edited)
thirstyDog 08/11/2017 03:46 | #195894 | TOP COMMENT
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This has gotta be one of the greatest jazz records of all time, guys. For sure one of Mingus' best
Really, really good album! I need to start listening to more Mingus. (Edited)
One of the best albums I listened to in my life!
The energy is through the roof on this one.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/25/2018 01:36 | #227840 | TOP COMMENT
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Amazing bass work. Love that there's 4 saxophone players. Mingus always has this cigar smoking, whiskey shooting sound, and I love it. Fine work and I think it might be a contender for his best.
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