The Turning Point
by John Mayall
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The Turning Point is ranked as the best album by John Mayall.
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The Turning Point track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Turning Point rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | January 2022 (2 B deleted) | 13/93 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the 60’s (101 - 200) | 92/100 | - |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 97 Music Albums of 1969 | 29/97 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 56 Music Albums of 1969 | 44/56 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | zsolti | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 94/100 | 6 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | British blues | 17/68 | - |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1969 | 38/41 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1969 | 35/40 | 1 |
| 2025 |  xo66 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 51/100 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 163 | |||
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The Turning Point ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/09/2026 17:42 | Vinyl | 548 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 16:20 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 16:48 | duelek | 2,219 | 75/100 |
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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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The Turning Point forum mentions
Liedzeit 05/30/2026 09:58 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Liedzeit 05/24/2026 10:34 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
jackup 08/30/2020 13:52 in What album are you listening to right now?The Turning Point comments
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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
Sandrof1969 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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