Attica Blues
by Archie Shepp

Attica Blues by Archie Shepp
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 6,811th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 42 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (101st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,056th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,811th)

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Attica Blues by Shepp, Archie (Record, 2019)
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ARCHIE SHEPP Attica Blues AS9222 LP Vinyl VG near+ Cover G GF Co Slv WoC 1972
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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,811th | 1970s rank: 1,056th | 1972 rank: 101st
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2026 HaydenTop 100 Greatest Music Albums71/10029
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197297/1000
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 19723/1005
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s29/10014
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19722/1005
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197230/502
2025byuzakTop 42 Music Albums of 197239/420
2025 PurplepashTop 28 Music Albums of 197224/281
2025 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 197271/1002
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s30/10014
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 197210/1005
2025 Jimmy DreadYou BEAutiful People! Top Recs From Other Members64/99 -
2024 flamingyesdeptTop 74 Music Albums of 197245/742
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 99 Music Albums of 197241/993
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 197235/1003
2023LosWochosDie besten Jazz-Platten aller Zeiten by Musikexpress.de (2018)17/50 -
2023LosWochosDie 100 besten Jazz-Alben by Rolling Stone Deutschland (2013)44/100 -
2023bloosyTop 60 Music Albums of the 1970s7/6018
2023bloosyTop 100 Greatest Music Albums52/10037
2022 ArthurknightTop 100 Greatest Jazz Albums49/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 38
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 189
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 42 votes)
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75/100
 
01/03/2026 03:51 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,96370/100
 
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11/18/2024 01:01 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,33781/100
 
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09/11/2023 12:06 2rge  Ratings distribution  56574/100
 
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06/03/2023 00:49 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,72770/100
 
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05/04/2023 13:19 Jboy56  Ratings distribution  4,26878/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 05/04/2023 13:19 | #296608
A mixed mishmash of jazz, soul, and talk is not very much my cuppa of tea. Well accomplished anyway
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From 04/25/2015 21:33 | #140192
Steam, Part 1 is my favorite!
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