American Industrial Ballads
by Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger bestography
American Industrial Ballads is ranked 4th best out of 43 albums by Pete Seeger on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pete Seeger is American Ballads which is ranked number 6940 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 188.
(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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American Industrial Ballads track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
American Industrial Ballads rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 30 Music Albums of 1956 | 28/30 | 1 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 48 Music Albums of 1956 | 32/48 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1956 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | TastyandTemptin | Top 21 Music Albums of 1956 | 19/21 | 1 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1956 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | Guigou | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2020 | Shipyard | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 16/40 | 23 |
| 2020 |  Jameth | Top 17 Music Albums of 1956 | 16/17 | 1 |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1956 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | AlienCinema | Top 20 Music Albums of 1956 | 2/20 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 83 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/23/2026 23:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,778 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2025 19:35 | Guigou | 1,367 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2025 15:36 | TonySayers61 | 25,721 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 62.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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