The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) (compilation album)
by John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker bestography
The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) is ranked 20th best out of 70 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 3287 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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The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Top 85 Music Albums of 1991 | 84/85 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 11/99 | 4 |
| 2018 | NPG0607 | Top 71 Greatest Music Albums | 42/71 | 11 |
| 2018 | If Rolling Stone Magazine did 1 album per Artist Part 3 | 2/73 | - | |
| 2015 | 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. | 15 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2021 18:41 | 3,699 | 81/100 | |
| ! | 10/03/2020 19:55 | 12,622 | 61/100 | |
| ! | 06/26/2020 10:49 | 222 | 88/100 | |
| ! | 09/07/2019 00:02 | edubs | 1,486 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2019 05:08 | 22,857 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Um dos grandes pilares da música americana contemporânea... A guitarra dele chora demais! Lindíssima!!
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.
John Lee Hooker is definitely one of America's greatest living bluesmen.
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