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Most Acclaimed Blues Albums of All Time Beta

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#1 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)

Lucinda Williams | 15 lists

#2 Gris-Gris (1968)

Dr. John | 6 lists

#3 21 (2011)

Adele | 9 lists

#4 I Put a Spell on You (1965)

Nina Simone | 4 lists

#5 Live at the Regal (1965)

B. B. King | 4 lists

#6 Pearl (1971)

Janis Joplin | 4 lists

#7 Let It Be (1970)

The Beatles | 5 lists

#8 At Fillmore East (1971)

The Allman Brothers Band | 3 lists

#9 At Last! (1960)

Etta James | 4 lists

#10 Pastel Blues (1965)

Nina Simone | 3 lists

#11 Closing Time (1973)

Tom Waits | 3 lists

#12 American III: Solitary Man (2000)

Johnny Cash | 6 lists

#13 Anthology of American Folk Music (1952)

Various Artists | 2 lists

#14 Bert Jansch (1965)

Bert Jansch | 2 lists

#15 Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)

John Mayall & Eric Clapton | 2 lists

#16 The Greatest (2006)

Cat Power | 5 lists

#17 King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)

Robert Johnson | 2 lists

#18 Raising Sand (2007)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | 5 lists

#19 Moanin' in the Moonlight (1959)

Howlin' Wolf | 2 lists

#20 At Newport 1960 (1960)

Muddy Waters | 2 lists

#21 Bo Diddley (1958)

Bo Diddley | 2 lists

#22 The Anthology: 1947–1972 (2001)

Muddy Waters | 3 lists

#23 How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)

Los Lobos | 3 lists

#24 Tres Hombres (1973)

ZZ Top | 2 lists

#120

Lucinda Williams

Rock / Blues / Folk / Country / Rock & Roll

15 lists

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 1998

#309

Dr. John

Rock / Soul / R&B / Funk / Jazz / Blues / Jazz Fusion / Psychedelic Rock / Psychedelic Soul / Rhythm & Blues / Soul-Jazz

6 lists

Gris-Gris 1968

#346

Adele

Pop / Soul / R&B / Blues / Contemporary R&B / Neo Soul / Piano Blues

9 lists

21 2011

#397

Nina Simone

Soul / Jazz / Blues / Piano Blues / Soul-Jazz

4 lists

I Put a Spell on You 1965

#414

B. B. King

Blues / Chicago Blues

4 lists

Live at the Regal 1965

#483

Janis Joplin

Rock / Soul / Blues / Blues Rock

4 lists

Pearl 1971

#497

The Beatles

Rock / Blues / Pop Rock

5 lists

Let It Be 1970

#580

The Allman Brothers Band

Rock / Blues / Blues Rock

3 lists

At Fillmore East 1971

#620

Etta James

Soul / R&B / Blues / Rhythm & Blues / Southern Soul

4 lists

At Last! 1960

#10

#656

Nina Simone

Soul / R&B / Jazz / Blues / Rhythm & Blues / Soul-Jazz

3 lists

Pastel Blues 1965

#11

#710

Tom Waits

Rock / Jazz / Blues / Piano Blues / Smooth Jazz

3 lists

Closing Time 1973

#12

#725

Johnny Cash

Rock / Blues / Country / Country Rock / Delta Blues

6 lists

American III: Solitary Man 2000

#13

#783

Various Artists

Soul / Blues / Folk / Country / World / Delta Blues / Gospel

2 lists

Anthology of American Folk Music 1952

#14

#784

Bert Jansch

Blues / Folk / Traditional Folk

2 lists

Bert Jansch 1965

#15

#791

John Mayall & Eric Clapton

Rock / Blues / Blues Rock / Chicago Blues

2 lists

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton 1966

#16

#793

Cat Power

Rock / Blues / Country / Blues Rock / Country Rock / Indie Rock

5 lists

The Greatest 2006

#17

#807

Robert Johnson

Blues / Delta Blues

2 lists

King of the Delta Blues Singers 1961

#18

#814

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Rock / Blues / Folk / Country / Blues Rock / Country Rock / Folk Rock

5 lists

Raising Sand 2007

#19

#849

Howlin' Wolf

Blues / Chicago Blues

2 lists

Moanin' in the Moonlight 1959

#20

#851

Muddy Waters

Blues / Chicago Blues

2 lists

At Newport 1960 1960

#21

#880

Bo Diddley

Rock / R&B / Blues / Chicago Blues / Rhythm & Blues / Rock & Roll

2 lists

Bo Diddley 1958

#22

#952

Muddy Waters

Blues / Chicago Blues

3 lists

The Anthology: 1947–1972 2001

#23

#964

Los Lobos

Rock / R&B / Blues / Folk / Country / World / Blues Rock / Country Rock / Folk Rock / Latin / Rhythm & Blues

3 lists

How Will the Wolf Survive? 1984

#24

#982

ZZ Top

Rock / Blues / Blues Rock / Chicago Blues / Hard Rock / Southern Rock

2 lists

Tres Hombres 1973

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