The Midnight Mover
by Wilson Pickett
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Wilson Pickett bestography
The Midnight Mover is ranked 8th best out of 22 albums by Wilson Pickett on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wilson Pickett is The Exciting Wilson Pickett which is ranked number 3811 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 389.
(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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The Midnight Mover track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Midnight Mover rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 90 Music Albums of 1968 | 55/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Soul Child | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 20 Music Albums of 1968 | 8/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2020 |  Oselju | Top 50 Music Albums of 1968 | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2016 |  NoisyBeast | More Albums of the 1960s... #801-900 | 16/100 | - |
| 2014 | CameronMB | Top 8 Music Albums of 1968 | 5/8 | 3 |
| 2014 | CameronMB | Added | Albums Added To BEA 01 | 89/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 35 | |||
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The Midnight Mover ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/02/2025 18:56 |  travelful | 3,826 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2024 15:20 | LosWochos | 47,365 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2023 19:32 | TonySayers61 | 25,235 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2023 12:12 |  Tamthebam | 23,243 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2022 11:08 | videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 66.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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This album is uneven. It includes I'm Gonna Cry, which was recorded and released as a single in 1964, and its backing track For Better Or Worse; they're out of place here in 1968. And of course, there's Deborah, a strange track that morphs between a soul-stomp and a fado-sounding ballad that he sings in Italian, with an elaborate arrangement, very sophisticated I'm sure. Thing is, those tracks are sort of great in their big, bombastic way. And this album has Wilson Pickett singing with Bobby Womack on backing vocals, which totally works. Depending how you feel about the ballads (they're great, but if you come for soul stomping, ballads can get in the way sometimes) and the 1964 stuff, it's a pretty fun ride.
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