Joan Baez
by Joan Baez

Joan Baez by Joan Baez
Year: 1960
Release date: 1960-10-00
Overall rank: 2,221st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 191 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1960 (6th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (203rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,221st)

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Overall rank: 2,221st | 1960s rank: 203rd | 1960 rank: 6th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 191 votes)
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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 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.


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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)
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From 01/21/2021 20:50 | #264807
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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)
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From 11/12/2020 13:34 | #260708
Linda voz e forma de cantar!
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