Link Wray
by Link Wray
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Link Wray bestography
Link Wray is ranked as the best album by Link Wray.
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Link Wray track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Link Wray rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 78/100 | 22 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 99 Music Albums of 1971 | 36/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2017 Year in Review II | 6/28 | - |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1970s | 85/89 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 37 Music Albums of 1971 | 26/37 | 2 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 43/50 | 1 |
| 2025 | Unaguma | Top 31 Music Albums of 1971 | 22/31 | 2 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Guitar Greats | 43/94 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 104 | |||
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Link Wray ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/14/2026 21:47 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2026 18:51 | RemainInLight | 3,844 | 36/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2026 11:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,516 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
Link Wray forum mentions
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I reckon this album flew under the radar because of the time it was released; a time when a few huge international acts were getting everyone's attention. Equally, at a time when western rock music was exploring prog rock and heavy metal, perhaps a revisiting of traditional blues and americana music wasn't in high demand.
Great stuff. Hidden gem. Link should be up there with the big boys.
Holy Christ, this is good! It's like a one-man "Exile on Main Street" a year before "Exile on Main Street"!
If you like that swampy gritty rootsy voodoo blues/country/soul, it don't get any better than this. Fans of Zeppelin's earthier material (III and IV) will definitely dig this. A couple of the songs sound like the blueprint for that stompin' barroom piano vibe the White Stripes were shooting for on "Get Behind Me Satan". Many of the songs also include ghostly backing vocals that add a uniquely eerie, haunting atmosphere to the proceedings. The album is somewhat similar to the style that Tony Joe White and Leon Russell were working around the same time, but this is better than anything either of them ever did. There's not one weak track here, and it all has a timeless quality that holds up remarkably well. Why isn't this album more renowned??!?? (Edited)
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