Tell Mama
by Etta James

Tell Mama by Etta James
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 5,425th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 79 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (423rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,425th)

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Etta James bestography

Tell Mama is ranked 2nd best out of 38 albums by Etta James on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Etta James is At Last! which is ranked number 806 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,138.

Etta James album bestography « Higher ranked (806th)
At Last!
This album (5,425th)
Tell Mama
Lower ranked (10,726th) »
The Second Time Around

(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,425th | 1960s rank: 423rd | 1968 rank: 77th

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Tell Mama ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 79 votes)
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80/100
 
01/19/2026 19:09 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,77176/100
 
75/100
 
12/18/2025 22:04 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,67770/100
 
80/100
 
07/25/2025 13:54 Charade  Ratings distribution  94979/100
 
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06/23/2025 18:22 Svelte8  Ratings distribution  1,77673/100
 
75/100
 
04/21/2025 20:21 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,12372/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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85/100
From 02/09/2023 14:38 | #293821
Strong and solid!
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From 02/13/2018 19:16 | #207960
Etta James si adatta ai cambiamenti intervenuti nella musica soul a metà decennio e sforna un disco degno di stare accanto ai migliori prodotti della stagione più fulgida di questa musica.
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80/100
From 02/27/2016 12:29 | #160841
Now this woman could sing, damn!
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2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
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