The Big Blues
by Albert King

The Big Blues by Albert King
Year: 1962
Overall rank: 20,500th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 16 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1962 (82nd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,293rd)
Award Best albums of all time (20,500th)

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Albert King bestography

The Big Blues is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Albert King on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Albert King is Born Under A Bad Sign which is ranked number 2033 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 820.

Albert King album bestography « Higher ranked (2,033rd)
Born Under A Bad Sign
This album (20,500th)
The Big Blues
Lower ranked (33,268th) »
I'll Play The Blues For You

(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 20,500th | 1960s rank: 1,293rd | 1962 rank: 82nd

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 16 votes)
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65/100
 
10/10/2025 15:25 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,83476/100
 
75/100
 
09/07/2025 06:28 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00869/100
 
85/100
 
05/25/2025 10:55 spinout  Ratings distribution  3,36981/100
 
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10/16/2023 22:00 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,47064/100
 
85/100
 
09/30/2022 15:00 Jboy56  Ratings distribution  4,26878/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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From 09/30/2022 16:14 | #290079
KIng is King. A fine first album from AK.
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