American Ballads
by Pete Seeger
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American Ballads is ranked as the best album by Pete Seeger.
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American Ballads track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
American Ballads rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1957 | 9/20 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 4 Music Albums of 1957 | 4/4 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | DriftingOrpheus | Top 36 Greatest Music Albums | 33/36 | 11 |
| 2026 | junodog4 | Top 85 Music Albums of the 1950s | 52/85 | 8 |
| 2026 | DriftingOrpheus | Top 8 Music Albums of the 1950s | 8/8 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 31 Music Albums of 1957 | 25/31 | 1 |
| 2025 | TastyandTemptin | Top 16 Music Albums of 1957 | 10/16 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | Guigou | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 60/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 188 | |||
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American Ballads ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/26/2026 23:32 | DriftingOrpheus | 730 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 16:36 | TastyandTemptin | 3,193 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2025 19:57 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.
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RoundTheBend 02/12/2016 00:45 in What album are you listening to right now?American Ballads comments
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PatrickD 12/28/2013 04:19 | #98947 | TOP COMMENT
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Nice mellow traditional folk album.
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