The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990)
by John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker bestography
The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) is ranked 20th 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 3176 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 482.
(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 Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 43 minutes ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 98 Music Albums of 1991 | 11/98 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 85 Music Albums of 1991 | 84/85 | 0 |
| 2018 | NPG0607 | Top 71 Greatest Music Albums | 42/71 | 8 |
| 2018 |  21stCenturySchiz | If Rolling Stone Magazine did 1 album per Artist Part 3 | 2/73 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Blues Compilations | 17/42 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/12/2026 19:43 | Jaceks | 7 | 100/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2021 18:41 |  VictorVale | 3,863 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2020 19:55 |  Maxence | 12,755 | 61/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2020 10:49 |  StefanR10 | 222 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2019 00:02 | edubs | 1,486 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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VictorVale 07/18/2021 18:41 | #271704
Um dos grandes pilares da música americana contemporânea... A guitarra dele chora demais! Lindíssima!!
StefanR10 06/26/2020 11:01 | #254536
Great album i like to hear some songs from the bluesman. good album Rolling Stone is right this is one of the greatest compilation of all time.
swhaze 12/29/2014 15:37 | #130359
John Lee Hooker is definitely one of America's greatest living bluesmen.
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