Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
by Gavin Bryars
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Gavin Bryars bestography
Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Gavin Bryars on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gavin Bryars is The Sinking Of The Titanic (1975) which is ranked number 3021 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 508.
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Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1993 | 11/36 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2025 | whiskyWiseman | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 84/100 | 15 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 86/90 | 0 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | a m b i e n t | 6/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1993 | 9/20 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the '90's (301 - 400) by U R C | 90/100 | - |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  Graeme2 | Top 81 Music Albums of 1993 | 14/81 | 4 |
| 2022 | sssvnnn | E N O | 20/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 82 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/09/2026 22:47 | Hayden | 7,927 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2023 17:11 | platus | 5,891 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2022 08:54 | Arthurknight | 9,585 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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dihansse 03/04/2018 17:14 in Chart of the day (#2324): By Hayden
SingingPeasant96 09/11/2014 13:53 in What album are you listening to right now?
Mercury 02/14/2014 01:54 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayJesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet comments
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Sandrof1969 02/18/2018 22:36 | #208771
Gavin Bryars è un musicista classico e d'avanguardia che una quarantina di anni fa registra per caso un barbone che intona una specie di gospel, solo pochi secondi. Vent'anni dopo decide di orchestrare quel canto e ci tira fuori un disco di un'ora e un quarto. Detto così sarebbe difficile trovare un motivo per ascoltare questo disco o per lo meno per ascoltarlo una seconda volta. Ma si sa come vanno queste cose: una notte di tanti anni fa fu proprio questo ciò di cui avevo bisogno di ascoltare e da allora non ho più voluto liberarmene, pur ascoltandolo con parsimonia. Negli ultimi venti minuti alla voce del barbone si aggiunge quella di Tom Waits e ci sta tutto: chi meglio di lui ha elevato l'immondizia ad arte ?
Interesting that everyone so far has rated this at 80/100. It is an interesting album, an admirable artistic statement, clever, poignant, but not something you really feel the desire to hear again.
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1993 Mercury Prize. The winner was the self titled album by Suede (Edited)
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