The Ballad Of John Henry
by Joe Bonamassa

The Ballad Of John Henry by Joe Bonamassa
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-02-24
Overall rank: 15,457th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 24 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (273rd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,784th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,457th)

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Joe Bonamassa bestography

The Ballad Of John Henry is ranked 2nd best out of 28 albums by Joe Bonamassa on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joe Bonamassa is Dust Bowl which is ranked number 7809 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 162.

Joe Bonamassa album bestography « Higher ranked (7,809th)
Dust Bowl
This album (15,457th)
The Ballad Of John Henry
Lower ranked (15,457th) »
The Ballad Of John Henry

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The Ballad Of John Henry rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,457th | 2000s rank: 2,784th | 2009 rank: 273rd
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2026 jeremy9Top 87 Music Albums of 200928/873
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 500 Albums: 201-30033/100 -
2026RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s47/10011
2026JohnnyoAin't nothing but the blues55/64 -
2025JohnnyoTop 76 Music Albums of 20099/764
2025JohnnyoMy wife’s top 10016/16 -
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s71/1006
2025RiveraTop 17 Music Albums of 20096/174
2025MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s49/10010
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 200951/1003
2025Rivera401-500100/100 -
2024JohnnyoMy most listened to blues / blues rock albums of 202348/100 -
2022JohnnyoMost listened to albums in December 202188/100 -
2022MasterOfPuppetsTop 21 Music Albums of 20098/213
2021JohnnyoMost listened to artists in December 20208/39 -
2021 mrblondTop 25 Music Albums of 200913/253
2020JohnnyoMost listened to albums of May 202023/100 -
2019 FischmanJoe Bonamassa Albums Ranked7/24 -
2018ruquito124Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s61/1008
2017ecwashereTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s77/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 26
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 74
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 24 votes)
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65/100
 
01/23/2026 17:08 hebbo137  Ratings distribution  19979/100
 
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01/19/2025 18:03 Rivera  Ratings distribution  2,03682/100
 
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06/03/2024 20:57 MagicSix  Ratings distribution  99460/100
 
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12/29/2023 17:19 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,01269/100
 
80/100
 
03/23/2023 20:00 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,07875/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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From 02/02/2016 09:21 | #158471
A warranty. Simply great blues.
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