Folk Singer
by Muddy Waters
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Folk Singer is ranked 2nd best out of 39 albums by Muddy Waters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Muddy Waters is The Best Of Muddy Waters which is ranked number 2022 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 831.
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Folk Singer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Folk Singer rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/03/2026 03:08 | mikepen | 374 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 16:57 | sweetness | 1,127 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2026 02:26 | iann97 | 2,105 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 23:41 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,705 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 04:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,463 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Jboy56 10/30/2022 11:19 | #290905
Deep stuff from one of greats. Listen
2nd-Impressions 12/14/2020 18:24 | #262697
69/100
Best tracks: My Home Is In the Delta, Country Boy, Feels Like Going Home
Worst tracks: My Captain, Good Morning Little School Girl, Cold Weather Blues, Big Leg Woman
This may be one of the best-recorded blues albums. It sounds like these dudes are in the room with you.
The only song i really enjoyed on this album was "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".
To use a somewhat ironic reference, this is the 'Kind of Blue' of the blues! - Incredible stuff! You can almost literally hear a pin drop, it's so intense! - Not to mention the line up; Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and last, but not least, Buddy Guy...what more needs to be said?
swhaze 12/19/2014 21:46 | #129705 | TOP COMMENT
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Probably my least favorite Muddy Waters album. (Edited)
tgarritsen 01/13/2014 21:13 | #100571 | TOP COMMENT
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It has no songs that really standout, but it is a overall nice and passionate album. (Edited)
covecove 11/08/2011 22:49 | #30168 | TOP COMMENT
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A very powerful voice finding a very sweet and deep atmosphere thanks to the beautiful acoustic arangements that contrast with Waters more traditionally electric approach, it sure has a lot of delta in the Robert Johnson vibe but it has more in common to what Rick Rubin would later achieve for Johnny Cash in the American Recordings albums, a trully underrated gem... (Edited)
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