Folk Singer (studio album) by Muddy Waters

Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 2,294th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 156 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1964 (13th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (213th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,294th)
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 156 votes)
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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 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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90/100
From 10/30/2022 11:19
Deep stuff from one of greats. Listen
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From 12/14/2020 18:24
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
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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From 05/05/2016 23:20
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
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
Probably my least favorite Muddy Waters album.
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90/100
From 01/13/2014 21:13
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
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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9. Ain't That Good News by Sam Cooke
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12. Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock
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16. Song For My Father by Horace Silver Quintet
17. Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles
18. "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
19. The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
20. Wednesday Morning, 3AM by Simon & Garfunkel
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