Talking Dust Bowl
by Woody Guthrie

Talking Dust Bowl by Woody Guthrie
(Compilation album)
Year: 1950
Overall rank: 3,557th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 50 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1950 (4th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (107th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,557th)

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Woody Guthrie bestography

Talking Dust Bowl is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Woody Guthrie on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Woody Guthrie is Dust Bowl Ballads which is ranked number 2856 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 538.

Woody Guthrie album bestography « Higher ranked (3,487th)
Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1
This album (3,557th)
Talking Dust Bowl
Lower ranked (3,928th) »
Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Overall rank: 3,557th | 1950s rank: 107th | 1950 rank: 4th

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12/24/2025 06:13 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69970/100
 
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From 09/25/2020 13:28 | #258696
Excelente compilado do Woody!
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From 02/27/2016 03:07 | #160813
A great recording from an important folk singer that lived his songs.
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From 01/14/2013 07:13 | #61461
A good album from a folk music legend. So Long and Dust Can't Kill Me are the highlights for me.
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