Loading Zone
by Roy Buchanan
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Roy Buchanan bestography
Loading Zone is ranked 6th best out of 15 albums by Roy Buchanan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Roy Buchanan is Roy Buchanan which is ranked number 12712 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 93.
(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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Loading Zone track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (2 out of 9 tracks have been rated).
Loading Zone rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 56 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the 70’s (301 - 400) | 86/100 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Arkansas | 18/45 | - |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2015 | LSquared | Top 25 Greatest Music Albums | 22/25 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7 | |||
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Loading Zone ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/18/2025 21:37 | Vinyl | 532 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2022 15:13 | Pluto11 | 12,260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2021 08:05 | NHGRANITE | 4,701 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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jackup 08/21/2021 15:02 in What album are you listening to right now?Loading Zone comments
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Buchanan's follow up to "A Street Called Straight", "Loading Zone" sounds a little more produced, but is a very solid offering. These two albums (Buchanan's first 2 release w/ Atlantic) are key.
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