Joan Baez
by Joan Baez
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Joan Baez bestography
Joan Baez is ranked as the best album by Joan Baez.
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Joan Baez track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Joan Baez 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 | Hyggevinyl | Top 40 Music Albums of 1960 | 4/40 | 5 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1960 | 16/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 76 Music Albums of 1960 | 6/76 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1960 | 42/87 | 3 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1960 | 28/51 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 70 Music Albums of the 1960s | 33/70 | 11 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 15 Music Albums of 1960 | 14/15 | 1 |
| 2026 |  skelter54 | Top 29 Music Albums of 1960 | 6/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 2 Music Albums of 1960 | 2/2 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 180 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 737 | |||
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Joan Baez ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 09:02 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 13:02 | Hyggevinyl | 4,482 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 04:13 | brent13 | 2,227 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Baez is an important figure in the American folk revival and the development of folk rock, so some awareness of her is important. This is her debut album, and works well enough to give good idea of her singing and her style. It is also widely regarded as her most significant album. The songs are traditional and are played and sung in a traditional style, though Baez adds a high soaring sweetness. What people liked is that she was young and female, and her voice pure like spring water. She became the poster face of the revival. Of social significance. (Edited)
Jboy56 11/09/2021 14:43 | #276036 | TOP COMMENT
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To many Baez is a difficult singer to like, her piercing voice was almost too much.
Most of the songs were much of the same style and tone (Edited)
VictorVale 11/12/2020 13:34 | #260708
Linda voz e forma de cantar!
never got it (Edited)
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