Lightnin' Hopkins
by Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins by Lightnin' Hopkins
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 5,060th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 43 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1959 (32nd)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (150th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,060th)

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Lightnin' Hopkins bestography

The best album by Sam Hopkins is Lightnin' Hopkins which is ranked number 5060 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 272.

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Lightnin' Hopkins rankings

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Overall rank: 5,060th | 1950s rank: 150th | 1959 rank: 32nd
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2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s99/1000
2026 neilgeeTop 43 Music Albums of 195934/431
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195947/1003
2026 Patman360Top 37 Music Albums of 195924/372
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s55/1009
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s100/1000
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s91/1002
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 195927/904
2025 RepoTop 18 Music Albums of 19599/183
2025WayneMCUncut The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1950s (1-100)29/100 -
2025OlliTop 72 Music Albums of 195921/724
2025TastyandTemptinTop 16 Music Albums of 19598/163
2025henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s22/10016
2025Steppenwolf666Top 70 Music Albums of 195931/703
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 17 Music Albums of 195914/171
2025 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 195925/1004
2025 skelter54Top 99 Music Albums of the 1950s29/9914
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 36 Music Albums of the 1950s35/361
2025PapaShiz86Top 20 Music Albums of 195920/200
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s70/1006
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 66
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 272
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 43 votes)
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11/14/2025 15:45 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,15564/100
 
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11/07/2025 19:32 Guigou  Ratings distribution  1,36676/100
 
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08/24/2025 18:55 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,18583/100
 
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07/28/2025 19:04 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,12572/100
 
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02/13/2024 21:23 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,72770/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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