House Of The Blues (studio album)
by John Lee Hooker

House Of The Blues by John Lee Hooker
Year: 1960
Overall rank: 10,185th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 80 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1960 (40th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (742nd)
Award Best albums of all time (10,185th)

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House of the Blues by John Lee Hooker (CD, Nov-1989, Chess (USA))
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John Lee Hooker bestography

House Of The Blues is ranked 5th best out of 70 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 3286 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 454.

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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).

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House Of The Blues rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,185th | 1960s rank: 742nd | 1960 rank: 40th

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74/100 (from 80 votes)
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05/19/2025 18:57 Johnnyo   9,53177/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 21% 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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90/100
From 07/20/2016 20:26 | #171579
I believe that this album is from 1960. Not that it matters much.
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From 01/23/2016 18:00 | #157439
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.
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From 03/29/2015 22:12 | #138200
House Of The Blues. The title says it all.
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From 08/30/2012 16:25 | #49677
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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Best Albums of 1960
1. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis
2. Giant Steps by John Coltrane
3. At Last! by Etta James
4. Blues & Roots by Charles Mingus
5. Elvis Is Back! by Elvis Presley
6. Joan Baez by Joan Baez
7. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite by Max Roach
8. The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery by Wes Montgomery
9. Soul Station by Hank Mobley
10. Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
11. Portrait In Jazz by Bill Evans Trio
12. A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers
13. Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba
14. Ella In Berlin by Ella Fitzgerald
15. Walk Don't Run by The Ventures
16. Drums Of Passion by Olatunji
17. Presents Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus
18. The Big Beat by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
19. Rockin' At The Hops by Chuck Berry
20. Open Sesame by Freddie Hubbard
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