Super Session
by Mike Bloomfield / Al Kooper / Steve Stills
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/22/2026 16:52 | Vinyl | 522 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 12:20 | spinout | 3,458 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 18:14 | fabm0 | 7,010 | 58/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2024 16:23 | Drbassexpert24 | 1,756 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2024 01:47 | stevengnz | 2,611 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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I owned and played this album quite a few times way way back in the early 70's. One of the first 'super groups' (although Kooper, Still & Bloomfield never took part collectively on any of the album songs). Stills was soon destined for more supergroup greatness with Crosby & Nash and eventually Young. I liked it that Kooper & Stills did an interesting cover of Dylan's 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry'. I have added that version to my 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart.
The story goes that originally Kooper & Bloomfield were going to make an album and ended up doing the tracks on side 1 of the album on day 1 of recording. Bloomfield then left town and Kooper enlisted Stills (at very short notice) and they did side 2 of the album.
mdbaxter 01/21/2022 18:47 | #279791 | TOP COMMENT
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Pretty good stuff. "His Holy Modal Majesty" is the standout for me. The rest is nice listening but nothing too inventive. I probably fail to appreciate some of the studio wizardry and instrumental intricacies. The horns can be a little overwhelming.
Jboy56 12/09/2021 09:31 | #277275
Lots of great guitar for the fun of slower blueses fan.
Enjoyable combination of competent musicians making fun music together. 'Super' might be a touch generous for this LP, but it's a solid release for fans of jamming, blues-y(with a touch of country) rock music.
Jameth 08/21/2019 20:59 | #241505 | TOP COMMENT
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"Harvey's Tune" is my favorite track here. It has an incredible moody atmosphere to get lost in.
An overlooked gem.
Stumbled on to it and glad I did. Great blues jam album.
Great blues album! My dad turned me onto them. I'm surprised there aren't more fans on here!
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