Burning Hell
by John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker bestography
Burning Hell is ranked 12th best out of 73 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 3177 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 480.
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Burning Hell track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Burning Hell 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 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1964 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1964 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 57 Music Albums of 1964 | 25/57 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 99 Music Albums of 1964 | 92/99 | 0 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 44 Music Albums of 1964 | 34/44 | 1 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 31 Music Albums of 1964 | 7/31 | 4 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1964 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | LittleM1971 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1964 | 21/33 | 2 |
| 2023 |  Decurso | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2023 | Decurso | They Call It the Blues:100 Blues Favourites | 48/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Burning Hell ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 10:41 | Olli | 7,946 | 62/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2024 23:04 |  Anti | 4,625 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2023 15:10 |  Sandrof1969 | 2,730 | 68/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/04/2014 09:54 | #123313
Pretty edgy for the time, especially the title track. The whole album has a a very gloomy and stripped down sound which compliments the rather dark subject matter of a lot of the songs. Besides the title track, Short Haired Woman, Graveyard Blues and Natchez Burnin' are the best tracks.
Jboy56 12/09/2022 08:40 | #291846
THe 1 & Only. Just the man and 6 strings
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