The Real Folk Blues
by John Lee Hooker

The Real Folk Blues by John Lee Hooker
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 33,425th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 22 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1966 (200th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,985th)
Award Best albums of all time (33,425th)

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John Lee Hooker bestography

The Real Folk Blues is ranked 17th 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 3228 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 465.

John Lee Hooker album bestography « Higher ranked (32,461st)
Boom Boom
This album (33,425th)
The Real Folk Blues
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(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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Overall rank: 33,425th | 1960s rank: 1,985th | 1966 rank: 200th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 22 votes)
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06/09/2025 21:10 MrOlan  Ratings distribution  95376/100
 
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10/02/2022 22:49 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100
 
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07/02/2022 12:24 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,43773/100
 
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05/10/2022 08:10 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,87864/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% 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 10.8.

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Best Albums of 1966
1. Revolver by The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
3. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
4. Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
5. Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
6. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
7. Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
8. Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
9. Face To Face by The Kinks
10. The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators by 13th Floor Elevators
11. Ascension by John Coltrane
12. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears by The Mamas And The Papas
13. Fresh Cream by Cream
14. Fifth Dimension by The Byrds
15. Black Monk Time by Monks (US)
16. Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter
17. Sunshine Superman by Donovan
18. Da Capo by Love
19. Blues Breakers by John Mayall & Eric Clapton
20. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo by Ennio Morricone
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