Folk Singer
by Muddy Waters

Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
Year: 1964
Release date: 1964-01-00
Overall rank: 2,310th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 167 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1964 (14th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (212th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,310th)

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Muddy Waters bestography

Folk Singer is ranked 2nd best out of 38 albums by Muddy Waters on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Muddy Waters is The Best Of Muddy Waters which is ranked number 2041 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 806.

Muddy Waters album bestography « Higher ranked (2,041st)
The Best Of Muddy Waters
This album (2,310th)
Folk Singer
Lower ranked (3,046th) »
Muddy Waters At Newport 1960

(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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Folk Singer rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,310th | 1960s rank: 212th | 1964 rank: 14th

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Folk Singer ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 167 votes)
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75/100
 
03/01/2026 16:57 sweetness  Ratings distribution  1,07279/100
 
65/100
 
01/12/2026 02:26 iann97  Ratings distribution  1,99374/100
 
90/100
 
01/03/2026 23:41 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,03174/100
 
70/100
 
12/20/2025 04:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,14170/100
 
100/100
 
12/03/2025 05:07 Fatkins  Ratings distribution  16497/100

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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 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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90/100
From 10/30/2022 11:19 | #290905
Deep stuff from one of greats. Listen
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From 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
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95/100
From 10/05/2016 15:40 | #176382
This may be one of the best-recorded blues albums. It sounds like these dudes are in the room with you.
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40/100
From 05/05/2016 23:20 | #165305
The only song i really enjoyed on this album was "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl".
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100/100
From 02/01/2015 02:49 | #133500
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?
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Rating:  
75/100
From 12/19/2014 21:46 | #129705
Probably my least favorite Muddy Waters album.
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90/100
From 01/13/2014 21:13 | #100571
It has no songs that really standout, but it is a overall nice and passionate album.
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75/100
From 11/08/2011 22:49 | #30168
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...
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Best Albums of 1964
1. A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
2. Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
3. The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
4. Beatles For Sale by The Beatles
5. Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy
6. Another Side Of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
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8. Ain't That Good News by Sam Cooke
9. Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes
10. Kinks by The Kinks
11. The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
12. Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock
13. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus
14. Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
15. The Animals by The Animals
16. Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles
17. Song For My Father (Cantiga Para Meu Pai) by Horace Silver Quintet
18. "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
19. Wednesday Morning, 3AM by Simon & Garfunkel
20. The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
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