Sweet Tea
by Buddy Guy
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Sweet Tea is ranked as the best album by Buddy Guy.
(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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Sweet Tea track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/13/2025 22:45 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2025 21:50 | matterhornrider | 4,826 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2024 01:51 | VVNVR | 673 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2023 21:39 | Pluto11 | 11,762 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2023 00:30 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,546 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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The whole feel of this album is phenomenal. One of the best blues albums of the last 25 years. An amazing album
Meowtopia. If you like this you need to check out the likes of RL Burnside, John lee hooker (pre the healer), muddy waters, Howlin wolf and many more but they are a great place to start. Blues giants as good as buddy.
This is a fantastic album, but probably not at his number 1 spot, but anything less than 5/5 seems unjust. It just sounds immense, so well recorded. Treat yourself and give it a listen. Vinyl if possible, but CD will definitely do.
If you asked me my favorite blues artist, I'd probably say The White Stripes, which speaks volumes about my -embarassingly little- knowledge of this genre. But this one was easily enjoyable even for me. The first track tries to trick you, it's a simple, traditional, "less is more" tune that goes full substance and almost zero style. The rest of the album is a completely different beast, though. Jamming like there's no tomorrow, the guitar is on fire. You could make an argument againist the duration, as some tracks were a bit on the longer side, but the groove is real no matter what. The vocals are direct, they get their point across without any trouble. It's an album I will definitely re-listen and can imagine growing on me.
Fischman 01/13/2019 01:54 | #229601
Good album, but I'm not sure how it's ranked here as Buddy's best as it's far from that.
Meowtopia 05/08/2018 20:45 | #214447
The closest I have ever gotten to blues was Led Zeppelin, Hendrix's Electric Ladyland, and (ha ha) the white stripes. I picked this album up at a library for a buck and it was pretty mind blowing. The guitar, the voice, the passion, how raw the production was- if this is what blues is like, screw you Jack White I'm sticking with Buddy.
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