Tell Mama (studio album)
by Etta James

Tell Mama by Etta James
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 5,453rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 77 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (79th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (431st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,453rd)
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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 814 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,134.

Etta James album bestography « Higher ranked (814th)
At Last!
This album (5,453rd)
Tell Mama
Lower ranked (10,781st) »
The Second Time Around

(N.B. Bestographies do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Tell Mama track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Tell Mama ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 77 votes)
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07/25/2025 13:54 Charade  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 93479/100
 
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06/23/2025 18:22 Svelte8  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,71973/100
 
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04/21/2025 20:21 dukeboxkool  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,89472/100
 
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03/17/2025 20:04 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,90472/100
 
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09/08/2024 14:57 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,24871/100

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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 14.9.

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85/100
From 02/09/2023 14:38
Strong and solid!
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From 02/13/2018 19:16
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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From 02/27/2016 12:29
Now this woman could sing, damn!
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Best Albums of 1968
1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
5. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
6. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
7. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
8. Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
9. Music From Big Pink by The Band
10. At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
11. A Saucerful Of Secrets by Pink Floyd
12. Waiting For The Sun by The Doors
13. Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
14. We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention
15. The Notorious Byrd Brothers by The Byrds
16. Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company
17. Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
18. Wheels Of Fire by Cream
19. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds
20. S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
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