Naturally
by J.J. Cale
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J.J. Cale bestography
Naturally is ranked as the best album by J.J. Cale.
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Naturally track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Naturally rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | 201 - 300 | 20/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 31 Music Albums of 1971 | 16/31 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 4 | 24/29 | - |
| 2026 | platus | Top 16 Music Albums of 1971 | 2/16 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | whatissoul | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 18/40 | 55 |
| 2026 | jnmayles | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 20/100 | 80 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 143 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 732 | |||
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Naturally ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/25/2026 18:00 | RemainInLight | 3,796 | 36/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2026 02:44 | progfan | 32 | 95/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 15:28 | VeVt | 98 | 39/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Naturally forum mentions
pedro1976 02/21/2025 08:26 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 03/08/2024 10:46 in What album are you listening to right now?
Repo 01/29/2022 12:04 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionNaturally comments
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Jboy56 03/09/2022 17:05 | #282573 | TOP COMMENT
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A fantastic, laid back, a cool album for any possible listening situations: on the porch, in the sun, in the sunset or for late nite sittings with a glass of wine or a jar of scotch. Fantastic, criminally underrated in BEA (Edited)
Very under-appreciated album. The guitar-work is under-stated, but impeccable with a lovely gentle tone, somewhat unique to Cale and works off his whispy vocal lines. The beat takes the lead and creates one of the most melodic, foot-tapping blues rock albums I've heard. My only quarrel with the album is I've always found fade-outs to be a bit of a lazy way to end a song, which is used on all tracks. Clyde and River Runs Deep are the stand-outs, but solid throughout. Crying Eyes the only track I'd call weak.
J.J.Cale's first album sets the scene for the rest of his career. Naturally, is mellow, laid back, all those things you associate with Cale. Some of his best songs here in, call me the breeze, call the doctor, and, after midnight. Off course, Cale would never veer to far from this course on any of his records, and though I wouldn't argue with this being his best, my favourite would always be 5. Still, this is probably the best place to start with Cale, at the beginning.
Timhop 12/17/2014 19:48 | #129560 | TOP COMMENT
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Cale has always been much bigger in the Antipodian world (Australia New Zealand South Africa) and to a lesser extent Europe, than in The States. Show me another singer/songwriter/guitarist with a debut album as gently bewitching and consumate as this, please.
It's amazing that you've never really heard this album but there are many examples of great artists covering these songs. These originals have a more laid back feel than many of the more famous covers. Great listen.
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