Go Bo Diddley
by Bo Diddley

Go Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 2,364th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 95 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1959 (17th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (71st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,364th)

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Bo Diddley bestography

Go Bo Diddley is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Bo Diddley on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bo Diddley is Bo Diddley which is ranked number 1077 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,611.

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Go Bo Diddley rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,364th | 1950s rank: 71st | 1959 rank: 17th
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2026 neilgeeTop 43 Music Albums of 195917/433
2026javicho07Top 61 Music Albums of the 1950s39/618
2026Exist-en-cielTop 55 Music Albums of 195952/550
2026 Patman360Top 37 Music Albums of 19597/374
2026SiromynianTop 13 Music Albums of 195913/130
2026 AAL2014Top 64 Music Albums of the 1950s44/647
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s43/10012
2026SiromynianTop 74 Music Albums of the 1950s70/741
2026 UofTBluesTop 18 Music Albums of the 1950s9/1811
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195961/1002
2026 BozoTyrannusTop 100 Greatest Music Albums78/10023
2026RiveraTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s36/10013
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s56/1009
2026javicho07Top 19 Music Albums of 195916/191
2026 paladisiacTop 59 Music Albums of the 1950s11/5917
2025 djrodoTop 20 Music Albums of 19599/203
2025Invader666Top 67 Music Albums of the 1950s43/677
2025OlliTop 201-300 Greatest Music Albums21/100 -
2025 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s99/1000
2025 baystateoftheartTop 14 Music Albums of 195912/141
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 112
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 678
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74/100 (from 95 votes)
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01/27/2026 16:59 UofTBlues  Ratings distribution  3,62771/100
 
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12/23/2025 03:58 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,72070/100
 
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11/13/2025 14:43 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,80564/100
 
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11/07/2025 19:33 Guigou  Ratings distribution  1,36375/100
 
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09/12/2025 04:55 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,08579/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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75/100
From 07/28/2022 11:22 | #287901
Quite a bit of Bluesy Bo. Solid stuff as we use to say here at BEA
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From 02/18/2021 03:24 | #266433
Kinda fun, but there aren't any standout tracks.
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From 11/22/2020 11:17 | #261223
Que guitarra foda!
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85/100
From 06/20/2020 12:24 | #253975
An Album for the old rock family. Really adorable. Favorite tracks: Oh Yea and The Great Grandfather.
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80/100
From 06/09/2020 15:03 | #253190
One of the most important artists in the development of modern Western music. Definitely deserving of more acclaim.
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