The Real Folk Blues
by John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker bestography
The Real Folk Blues is ranked 18th best out of 72 albums by John Lee Hooker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Lee Hooker is I'm John Lee Hooker which is ranked number 3177 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 481.
(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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The Real Folk Blues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Real Folk Blues rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/22/2026 10:25 | duelek | 2,118 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 21:41 | PapaShiz86 | 11,662 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2025 21:10 | MrOlan | 955 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2022 22:49 |  Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2022 17:56 | telegram | 753 | 87/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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