Living Proof
by Buddy Guy
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Buddy Guy bestography
Living Proof is ranked 5th best out of 26 albums by Buddy Guy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Buddy Guy is Sweet Tea which is ranked number 4332 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 334.
(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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Living Proof track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Living Proof rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Finky | Top 95 Music Albums of the 2010s | 25/95 | 15 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 68 Music Albums of the 2010s | 54/68 | 4 |
| 2024 |  cyto | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 49/50 | 3 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2010 by ROCKS | 30/74 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2023 | Error Finn | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s | 25/50 | 10 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Buddy Guy Albums Ranked | 6/18 | - |
| 2019 |  skelter54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 48/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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Living Proof ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/22/2024 13:07 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,755 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2023 21:40 | Pluto11 | 12,270 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2023 19:54 | PapaShiz86 | 11,700 | 79/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 05/07/2026 09:58 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 04/27/2025 18:25 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Living Proof comments
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NickVolos 07/04/2018 19:21 | #217760
Living proof indeed! "74 years young" and keep on blues-ing.
Fischman 11/22/2016 18:23 | #178914
Buddy Guy seems to be an inexhaustible fountain of blues! This album is presented as a very mature product of someone who has lived and loved for a long, long time, but it still retains the fire of powerful, youthful blues. An amazing musical accomplishment!
cyto 12/09/2012 23:18 | #57237
What is amazing is that Buddy Guy was 74 years old when he recorded this album. The vinyl edition is awesome. Three sides with the fourth side embossed with song titles. The music really tells the story, this is the epitome of Chicago blues.
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