East-West
by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band bestography
East-West is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Paul Butterfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul Butterfield is The Paul Butterfield Blues Band which is ranked number 3346 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 454.
(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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East-West track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
East-West 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 |  Patman360 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1966 | 27/49 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 54 Music Albums of 1966 | 21/54 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 48 Music Albums of 1966 | 28/48 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1966 | 18/40 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 98 Music Albums of 1966 | 37/98 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1966 | 64/80 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 36 Music Albums of 1966 | 3/36 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 17 Music Albums of 1966 | 8/17 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 109 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 401 | |||
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East-West ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 26 hours ago | BurndenAce | 1,349 | 76/100 |
| ! | 3 days ago | JoshN125 | 30 | 92/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 13:53 | Tamthebam | 23,331 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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East-West forum mentions
Repo 07/26/2026 23:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 10/17/2016 11:43 in The Romanelli Music Diary: TwentysomethingEast-West comments
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Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/18/2011 03:16 | #23192 | TOP COMMENT
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An A-side to die for followed by a rather disappointing B-side (not bad, mind you, just a disappointment when following what came before it). The best track is the stellar version of Robert Johnson's Walkin' Blues followed by Work Song which features some of the best blues harmonica ever put on record. (Edited)
Jboy56 07/20/2022 10:45 | #287637 | TOP COMMENT
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A primevexample from the revolutionary year of 1966. Even better tHSN BB with EC (Edited)
Sandrof1969 02/13/2018 19:20 | #207965
Merito del leader del gruppo ma ancor di più degli assolo del chitarrista Mike Bloomfield il fatto di riuscire ad evitare la trappola della prevedibilità sempre in agguato nel blues e a far elevare questi brani in territori che saranno più vicini alla psichedelia che al blues stesso.
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