The Turning Point
by John Mayall

The Turning Point by John Mayall
(Live album)
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 7,429th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 55 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1969 (121st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (558th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,429th)

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The Turning Point is ranked as the best album by John Mayall.

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Overall rank: 7,429th | 1960s rank: 558th | 1969 rank: 121st
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2026JohnnyoJanuary 2022 (2 B deleted)19/99 -
2025amirmishaliTop 96 Music Albums of 196929/964
2025 Sandrof1969Top 40 Music Albums of 196935/401
2025zsoltiTop 100 Greatest Music Albums94/1006
2025 xo66Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s51/10010
2025 TheDude85Top 41 Music Albums of 196938/410
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 196969/1002
2025JohnnyoTop albums of the 60’s (101 - 200)92/100 -
2025JohnnyoBritish blues17/68 -
2024 maccuillTop 99 Greatest Music Albums55/9936
2024zsoltiTop 21 Music Albums of the 1960s18/214
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 196944/1003
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1960s 129/100 -
2023 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 196972/73 -
2022salvadorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s57/1009
2022salvadorTop 42 Music Albums of 196911/424
2021JohnnyoMost listened to albums by male solo artists in 202017/29 -
2021JohnnyoMost listened to artists in 202038/89 -
2021Steppenwolf666Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums by Guinness 1994 (901-1000)53/100 -
2021caseygowTop 50 Music Albums of 196949/500
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 43
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 171
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74/100 (from 55 votes)
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01/09/2026 17:42 Vinyl  Ratings distribution  51780/100
 
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11/24/2025 16:20 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,54465/100
 
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11/01/2025 16:48 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,80976/100
 
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04/10/2024 19:03 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,90975/100
 
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03/12/2024 01:15 albumceleste  Ratings distribution  97457/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 11/19/2020 21:33 | #261115
Correction This album is a live album, is not a study album, it was recorded in Fillmore East in New York in 1969 great album but i prefer laurell canyon or bluesbreakers with clapton, anyway he shows is master of blues rock
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From 02/13/2018 19:46 | #207979
Un vero "punto di svolta" questo album di John Mayall: dopo la serie di dischi in cui aveva valorizzato o addirittura lanciato dei chitarristi destinati a glorie future ( Clapton, Green, Taylor ), Mayall cambia proprio struttura all'impianto strumentale dei suoi Bluesbreakers affidando alla chitarra acustica il compito di sostenere il ritmo al posto della batteria e lasciando gli assolo al flauto, al sax o alla sua armonica.
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