Link Wray
by Link Wray

Link Wray by Link Wray
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 11,248th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 23 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (164th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,566th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,248th)

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Overall rank: 11,248th | 1970s rank: 1,566th | 1971 rank: 164th
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2026TroutMaskGregTop 36 Music Albums of 197125/362
2026 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 89 Music Albums of the 1970s85/891
2026BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Greatest Music Albums78/10023
2026BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 197116/1004
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197143/501
2025 WasinskiTop 96 Music Albums of 197135/963
2025UnagumaTop 31 Music Albums of 197122/312
2025 sssvnnnTop 100 Music Albums of 197160/1002
2025JohnnyoGuitar Greats43/94 -
2024Steppenwolf6661971 9TH 10050/100 -
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1970s 381/100 -
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 38 Music Albums of 197126/382
2022arnellarsenTop 100 Music Albums of 1971100/1000
2022 rockbluesfolkjazTop 100 Music Albums of 197157/1002
2020KrokolitoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums49/10018
2020WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 197167/1002
2020KrokolitoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s29/10014
2020BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s30/10014
2020KrokolitoTop 50 Music Albums of 19713/505
2020panapsal100 exclusive albums from 1970 to 197447/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 30
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 106
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 23 votes)
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01/04/2026 11:45 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,92770/100
 
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11/30/2025 08:24 TroutMaskGreg  Ratings distribution  1,78169/100
 
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12/23/2024 09:44 HelsinkiSnorkel  Ratings distribution  2,27379/100
 
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04/28/2023 16:09 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,73670/100
 
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08/23/2021 13:38 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,09581/100

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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 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.

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From 08/04/2024 19:44 | #304647
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??!??
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From 12/30/2019 06:41 | #246078
Great stuff. Hidden gem. Link should be up there with the big boys.
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From 12/16/2018 20:55 | #227313
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.
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