Sweet Tea (studio album) by Buddy Guy

Sweet Tea by Buddy Guy
Year: 2001
Overall rank: 4,557th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 58 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2001 (81st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (782nd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,557th)
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78/100 (from 58 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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90/100
From 08/01/2025 17:05
The whole feel of this album is phenomenal. One of the best blues albums of the last 25 years. An amazing album
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From 06/21/2024 16:34
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.
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From 04/15/2022 18:43
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.
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70/100
From 01/21/2021 17:51
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.
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75/100
From 01/13/2019 01:54
Good album, but I'm not sure how it's ranked here as Buddy's best as it's far from that.
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80/100
From 05/08/2018 20:45
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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