Dust Bowl
by Joe Bonamassa

Dust Bowl by Joe Bonamassa
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-03-22
Overall rank: 7,809th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 41 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (165th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,503rd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,809th)

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Dust Bowl is ranked as the best album by Joe Bonamassa.

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This album (7,809th)
Dust Bowl
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Overall rank: 7,809th | 2010s rank: 1,503rd | 2011 rank: 165th

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Dust Bowl ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 41 votes)
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05/07/2026 19:55 DanielNunes93  Ratings distribution  2,79461/100
 
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01/23/2026 17:08 hebbo137  Ratings distribution  19979/100
 
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01/23/2026 14:48 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,75473/100
 
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12/13/2025 08:43 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,50664/100
 
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10/15/2025 22:13 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,07577/100

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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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75/100
From 10/15/2025 22:15 | #311364
He really does deserve the plaudits thrown his way over the last about 20 years for basically being the new modern blues guitar king. He does blues well but with a lot of variety added. To start, you can hear many shades and similarities to how Stevie Ray Vaughn played. Mostly though, it's reminiscent of 'Still got the Blues' era Gary Moore. Lot of heavy toned blues on this
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From 08/07/2020 20:15 | #256795
Cracking blues rock album. Smokin!
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From 03/30/2020 11:03 | #249296
One of JB's best.
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From 09/03/2019 12:44 | #242157
Very groovy album
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From 07/06/2015 20:48 | #145248
Really good guitar on this album!
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