A Man And The Blues
by Buddy Guy

A Man And The Blues by Buddy Guy
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 12,491st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (171st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (888th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,491st)

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Buddy Guy bestography

A Man And The Blues is ranked 3rd best out of 26 albums by Buddy Guy on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Buddy Guy is Sweet Tea which is ranked number 4614 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 304.

Buddy Guy album bestography « Higher ranked (6,049th)
Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
This album (12,491st)
A Man And The Blues
Lower ranked (12,646th) »
Living Proof

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A Man And The Blues rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,491st | 1960s rank: 888th | 1968 rank: 171st

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 38 votes)
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34 hours ago Marswolf68  Ratings distribution  92878/100
 
80/100
 
08/04/2025 14:29 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,65677/100
 
70/100
 
06/06/2024 19:00 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,01569/100
 
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01/22/2024 13:08 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,02274/100
 
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10/26/2023 22:02 HPumphrey  Ratings distribution  24884/100

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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 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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80/100
From 08/04/2025 14:30 | #310401
My first time hearing this today and it’s what I expected. Damn fine blues from one of the all time greats. Highly recommended
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From 02/25/2023 12:41 | #294430
85/100 at least. Chicago electric from one of greats
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70/100
From 11/10/2021 19:16 | #276107
Great recording of one of the best bluesmen ever at work.
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From 01/13/2019 02:21 | #229607
Top shelf, typically intense electric blues album from the great Buddy Guy.
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