House Of The Blues
by John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker bestography
House Of The Blues is ranked 5th best out of 73 albums by John Lee Hooker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Lee Hooker is I'm John Lee Hooker which is ranked number 3178 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 481.
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House Of The Blues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
House Of The Blues rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 16 Music Albums of 1960 | 6/16 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1960 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Ain't nothing but the blues | 6/64 | - |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 33 Music Albums of the 1950s | 24/33 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 40 Music Albums of 1960 | 27/40 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 76 Music Albums of 1960 | 12/76 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 22 Music Albums of 1960 | 16/22 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1960 | 12/88 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1960 | 35/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1960 | 49/51 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 72 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 113 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/24/2025 22:18 | duelek | 2,135 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2025 18:57 | Johnnyo | 9,921 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2024 08:01 | Hyggevinyl | 4,461 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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I believe that this album is from 1960. Not that it matters much.
RoundTheBend 01/23/2016 18:00 | #157439 | TOP COMMENT
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Favorite Track: Leave My Wife Alone
I read somewhere a backing band was hired to work with him and it didn't quite work out "because he worked on his own timing". His own demon ran the show... outside of the bounds of "musical" rules, he let the music flow through him. Timeless.
Having said that I personally didn't like this album as much, as much as I give it the respect it deserves.
apeiron 03/29/2015 22:12 | #138200
House Of The Blues. The title says it all. (Edited)
junodog4 08/30/2012 16:25 | #49677 | TOP COMMENT
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Hooker is up there with Muddy Waters as the most legit of the big blues men in terms of attitude and grit. This album confirms this.
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