Sweet Tea
by Buddy Guy
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Sweet Tea is ranked as the best album by Buddy Guy.
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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).
Sweet Tea rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 30 Music Albums of 2001 | 2/30 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 37 Music Albums of 2001 | 22/37 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 42 Music Albums of 2001 | 25/42 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 99 Music Albums of 2001 | 4/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | April - June 2022 (deleting) | 40/88 | - |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 24/100 | 15 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 72 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 334 | |||
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Sweet Tea ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 08:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,669 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2026 14:10 | cicadelic | 13,979 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 10:37 | Marswolf68 | 933 | 78/100 |
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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 78.1/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. 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 (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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.
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