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Top Blues albums of 1961

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Updated: 28 May
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Bobby Bland - Two Steps From the Blues, Cover art
Two Steps From the Blues
Bobby Bland
3.83 877 877 23 23
May 1961 Album
Rhythm & Blues Soul Blues
Soul Electric Blues
passionate
877 Ratings 23 Reviews 3.83 Average
John Lee Hooker - The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker, Cover art
The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
3.73 219 219 4 4
1961 Album
Delta Blues
Electric Blues
219 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.73 Average
Lightnin' Hopkins With Sonny Terry - Last Night Blues, Cover art
Last Night Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins & Sonny Terry
3.77 167 167 3 3
1961 Album
Acoustic Texas Blues
Piedmont Blues
acoustic calm melancholic
167 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.77 Average
Blind Willie McTell - Last Session, Cover art
Last Session
Blind Willie McTell
3.69 260 260 6 6
1961 Album
Piedmont Blues
Ragtime Spoken Word
sparse sad raw ballad
260 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.69 Average
John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues, Cover art
Plays and Sings the Blues
John Lee Hooker
3.64 255 255 4 4
31 March 1961 Album
Delta Blues
sad melancholic
255 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.64 Average
Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues in My Bottle, Cover art
Blues in My Bottle
Lightnin' Hopkins
3.63 289 289 4 4
November 1961 Album
Acoustic Texas Blues
acoustic pastoral raw warm alcohol lo-fi sombre passionate
289 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.63 Average
Etta James - The Second Time Around, Cover art
The Second Time Around
Etta James
3.64 203 203
14 December 1961 Album
Rhythm & Blues Soul Blues
Vocal Jazz
203 Ratings 3.64 Average
B.B. King - My Kind of Blues, Cover art
My Kind of Blues
B.B. King
3.63 225 225 8 8
1961 Album
Electric Blues
Soul Blues
225 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.63 Average
Freddy King - Let's Hide Away and Dance Away, Cover art
Let's Hide Away and Dance Away
Freddy King
3.61 246 246 5 5
December 1961 Album
Electric Texas Blues
Rhythm & Blues Blues Rock Rock & Roll
instrumental
246 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.61 Average
Freddy King - Freddy King Sings, Cover art
Freddy King Sings
Freddy King
3.73 148 148 4 4
October 1961 Album
Electric Texas Blues Electric Blues
Rhythm & Blues
148 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.73 Average
Pink Anderson - Carolina Blues Man, Vol. 1, Cover art
Carolina Blues Man, Vol. 1
Pink Anderson
3.60 170 170 4 4
1961 Album
Piedmont Blues Acoustic Blues Country Blues
acoustic
170 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.60 Average
Slim Harpo - Sings Raining in My Heart, Cover art
Sings Raining in My Heart
Slim Harpo
3.58 200 200 5 5
1961 Album
Swamp Blues
rhythmic sexual love
200 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.58 Average
Robert Pete Williams - Free Again, Cover art
Free Again
Robert Pete Williams
3.56 216 216 3 3
1961 Album
Country Blues
acoustic
216 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.56 Average
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin', Cover art
Lightnin'
Lightnin' Hopkins
3.72 143 143 3 3
1961 Album
Acoustic Texas Blues
humorous mellow
143 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.72 Average
Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' in New York, Cover art
Lightnin' in New York
Lightnin' Hopkins
3.75 132 132 5 5
1961 Album
Country Blues Acoustic Texas Blues
acoustic
132 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.75 Average
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall, Cover art
Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall
Jimmy Reed
3.63 141 141 9 9
August 1961 Album
Chicago Blues
141 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.63 Average
Dave Van Ronk - Dave Van Ronk Sings: Volume 2, Cover art
Dave Van Ronk Sings: Volume 2
Dave Van Ronk
3.52 108 108 1 1
1961 Album
Acoustic Blues Contemporary Folk
Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter
108 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.52 Average
Reverend Gary Davis - A Little More Faith, Cover art
A Little More Faith
Reverend Gary Davis
3.74 85 85 1 1
1961 Album
Piedmont Blues Gospel
Spirituals
Christian religious
85 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.74 Average
Reverend Gary Davis - Say No to the Devil, Cover art
Say No to the Devil
Reverend Gary Davis
3.67 91 91 2 2
1961 Album
Gospel Piedmont Blues
religious
91 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.67 Average
Sonny Terry - Sonny's Story, Cover art
Sonny's Story
Sonny Terry
3.72 60 60
1961 Album
Piedmont Blues Blues
Country Blues
warm folklore acoustic
60 Ratings 3.72 Average
Ida Cox with the Coleman Hawkins Quintet - Blues for Rampart Street, Cover art
Blues for Rampart Street
Ida Cox & Coleman Hawkins
3.40 80 80 4 4
1961 Album
Vaudeville Blues
Vocal Jazz
longing sexual acoustic romantic urban breakup melodic bittersweet
80 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.40 Average
Lonnie Johnson - Losing Game, Cover art
Losing Game
Lonnie Johnson
3.83 48 48 1 1
1961 Album
Acoustic Blues
melancholic acoustic improvisation winter
48 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.83 Average
Sunnyland Slim - Slim's Shout, Cover art
Slim's Shout
Sunnyland Slim
3.57 50 50 1 1
1961 Album
Piano Blues
50 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.57 Average
Roosevelt Sykes - The Honeydripper, Cover art
The Honeydripper
Roosevelt Sykes
3.60 41 41
January 1961 Album
Piano Blues New Orleans Blues
Boogie Woogie
alcohol lonely introspective raw longing passionate suspenseful conscious
41 Ratings 3.60 Average
Mose Allison Trio - Autumn Song, Cover art
Autumn Song
Mose Allison Trio
3.43 52 52 1 1
February 1961 Album
Piano Blues Hard Bop
Vocal Jazz
52 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.43 Average
Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed ...Now Appearing, Cover art
Jimmy Reed ...Now Appearing
Jimmy Reed
3.55 37 37 1 1
February 1961 Album
Chicago Blues
love repetitive longing
37 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.55 Average
The Mose Allison Trio - I Love the Life I Live, Cover art
I Love the Life I Live
The Mose Allison Trio
3.54 31 31 1 1
February 1961 Album
Piano Blues Hard Bop
Vocal Jazz
31 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.54 Average
Champion Jack Dupree - Champion Jack's Natural & Soulful Blues, Cover art
Champion Jack's Natural & Soulful Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
3.45 34 34 1 1
1961 Album
Piano Blues New Orleans Blues
Ragtime
34 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.45 Average
Big Bill Broonzy - The Bill Broonzy Story, Cover art
The Bill Broonzy Story
Big Bill Broonzy
3.79 26 26 1 1
April 1961 Album
Country Blues
26 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.79 Average
Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon - The Blues Every Which Way, Cover art
The Blues Every Which Way
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3.61 25 25
April 1961 Album
Chicago Blues Piano Blues
25 Ratings 3.61 Average
Furry Lewis - Back on My Feet Again, Cover art
Back on My Feet Again
Furry Lewis
3.70 22 22 2 2
1961 Album
Country Blues
22 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.70 Average
Dinah Washington - For Lonely Lovers, Cover art
For Lonely Lovers
Dinah Washington
3.80 19 19 1 1
1961 Album
Blues Vocal Jazz
19 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.80 Average
Tampa Red - Don't Tampa With the Blues, Cover art
Don't Tampa With the Blues
Tampa Red
3.50 24 24 3 3
1961 Album
Electric Blues
24 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.50 Average
K.C. Douglas - K.C.'s Blues, Cover art
K.C.'s Blues
K.C. Douglas
3.51 24 24 1 1
1961 Album
Delta Blues
acoustic melodic longing melancholic
24 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.51 Average
Jimmy Witherspoon - Roots, Cover art
Roots
Jimmy Witherspoon
3.73 19 19 1 1
1961 Album
Blues
Jazz
19 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.73 Average
Memphis Willie B. - Introducing Memphis Willie B., Cover art
Introducing Memphis Willie B.
Memphis Willie B.
3.70 20 20 1 1
1961 Album
Acoustic Blues
Country Blues
20 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.70 Average
Furry Lewis - Done Changed My Mind, Cover art
Done Changed My Mind
Furry Lewis
3.80 15 15 1 1
1961 Album
Blues
15 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.80 Average
Jesse Fuller - The Lone Cat, Cover art
The Lone Cat
Jesse Fuller
3.65 21 21
August 1961 Album
Country Blues
acoustic pastoral
21 Ratings 3.65 Average
Memphis Slim - Chicago Blues, Cover art
Chicago Blues
Memphis Slim
3.56 16 16
1961 Album
Piano Blues Boogie Woogie
serious drugs longing conscious
16 Ratings 3.56 Average
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Blues in My Soul, Cover art
Blues in My Soul
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
3.99 11 11
18 September 1961 Album
Piedmont Blues
uplifting bittersweet acoustic
11 Ratings 3.99 Average
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