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Top Piano Blues albums of all time

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Updated: 14 May
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Tom Waits - Closing Time, Cover art
Closing Time
Tom Waits
3.81 12k 11,710 205 205
6 March 1973 Album
Singer-Songwriter Piano Blues
Jazz Blues Vocal Jazz
lonely melancholic nocturnal love romantic alcohol longing poetic
12k Ratings 205 Reviews 3.81 Average
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Small Change
Tom Waits
3.75 7k 7,391 118 118
21 September 1976 Album
Singer-Songwriter Piano Blues Vocal Jazz
Beat Poetry Jazz Blues Lounge
alcohol humorous bittersweet urban poetic romantic passionate nocturnal
7k Ratings 118 Reviews 3.75 Average
Otis Spann - The Biggest Thing Since Colossus, Cover art
The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
Otis Spann
3.75 389 389 9 9
September 1969 Album
Chicago Blues Piano Blues
Blues Rock
raw rhythmic
389 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.75 Average
Champion Jack Dupree - Blues From the Gutter, Cover art
Blues From the Gutter
Champion Jack Dupree
3.69 835 835 17 17
April 1959 Album
Piano Blues New Orleans Blues
Boogie Woogie New Orleans R&B
passionate warm drugs dark nocturnal rhythmic mellow serious
835 Ratings 17 Reviews 3.69 Average
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night, Cover art
The Heart of Saturday Night
Tom Waits
3.65 7k 6,862 101 101
15 October 1974 Album
Singer-Songwriter Piano Blues
Jazz Beat Poetry Blues
urban melancholic alcohol poetic nocturnal lonely romantic mellow
7k Ratings 101 Reviews 3.65 Average
Otis Spann - Otis Spann Is the Blues, Cover art
Otis Spann Is the Blues
Otis Spann
3.67 257 257 3 3
December 1960 Album
Piano Blues
Chicago Blues
257 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.67 Average
Willie Dixon With Memphis Slim - Willie's Blues, Cover art
Willie's Blues
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon
3.63 315 315 5 5
April 1960 Album
Piano Blues
Boogie Woogie Chicago Blues
rhythmic rebellious sexual romantic melodic love passionate boastful
315 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.63 Average
Professor Longhair - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo, Cover art
Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo
Professor Longhair
3.63 223 223 9 9
1974 Album
New Orleans R&B Piano Blues
Rock & Roll Boogie Woogie Zydeco Blues Rock
warm passionate rhythmic energetic party love
223 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.63 Average
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner, Cover art
Nighthawks at the Diner
Tom Waits
3.57 4k 3,952 83 83
21 October 1975 Album
Singer-Songwriter Piano Blues Comedy
Beat Poetry Spoken Word Jazz Vocal Jazz Comedy
humorous poetic nocturnal playful sarcastic alcohol urban rhythmic
4k Ratings 83 Reviews 3.57 Average
Dr. John - Plays Mac Rebennack, Cover art
Plays Mac Rebennack
Dr. John
3.48 207 207 6 6
1981 Album
New Orleans R&B Piano Blues Boogie Woogie
uplifting rhythmic
207 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.48 Average
Duke Ellington & Ray Brown - This One's for Blanton!, Cover art
This One's for Blanton!
Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
3.76 126 126 2 2
1975 Album
Jazz Piano Blues
Swing
instrumental improvisation warm technical acoustic minimalistic suite sentimental
126 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.76 Average
Diamanda Galás - The Singer, Cover art
The Singer
Diamanda Galás
3.38 564 564 10 10
27 April 1992 Album
Piano Blues
Vocal Jazz Experimental
raw mysterious dark avant-garde passionate sad dissonant ominous
564 Ratings 10 Reviews 3.38 Average
Memphis Slim - At the Gate of Horn, Cover art
At the Gate of Horn
Memphis Slim
3.65 114 114 1 1
October 1959 Album
Piano Blues
114 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.65 Average
Memphis Slim, Canned Heat & The Memphis Horns - Memphis Heat, Cover art
Memphis Heat
Memphis Slim, Canned Heat & The Memphis Horns
3.66 105 105 1 1
1974 Album
Blues Rock Chicago Blues Piano Blues
Boogie Woogie Rhythm & Blues
105 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.66 Average
James Booker - Junco Partner, Cover art
Junco Partner
James Booker
3.51 126 126 3 3
1976 Album
Piano Blues New Orleans Blues
126 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.51 Average
Count Basie - Blues by Basie, Cover art
Blues by Basie
Count Basie
3.33 121 121 3 3
May 1944 Album
Swing Piano Blues
Boogie Woogie
121 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.33 Average
Eddie Boyd - 7936 South Rhodes, Cover art
7936 South Rhodes
Eddie Boyd
3.46 108 108 3 3
1968 Album
Piano Blues Blues
playful rhythmic
108 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.46 Average
Otis Spann - The Blues Never Die!, Cover art
The Blues Never Die!
Otis Spann
3.75 82 82 3 3
1965 Album
Chicago Blues Piano Blues
82 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.75 Average
Tousan - The Wild Sound of New Orleans, Cover art
The Wild Sound of New Orleans
Tousan
3.56 99 99 1 1
June 1958 Album
New Orleans R&B Piano Blues Rhythm & Blues
Boogie Woogie Jazz Ragtime Dixieland New Orleans Blues
instrumental
99 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.56 Average
Memphis Slim - All Kinds of Blues, Cover art
All Kinds of Blues
Memphis Slim
3.63 77 77 6 6
1962 Album
Piano Blues
Boogie Woogie
77 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.63 Average
Mose Allison - Local Color, Cover art
Local Color
Mose Allison
3.37 96 96 2 2
February 1958 Album
Jazz Piano Blues
Vocal Jazz Hard Bop
soothing calm passionate
96 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.37 Average
Lee Hazlewood - Something Special, Cover art
Something Special
Lee Hazlewood
3.12 109 109 3 3
1968 Album
Singer-Songwriter Piano Blues
Folk Pop Country Pop Lounge Vocal Jazz Piano Blues
calm mellow bittersweet pastoral
109 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.12 Average
Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Mose Allison & Ben Sidran - Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison, Cover art
Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison
Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Mose Allison & Ben Sidran
2.89 132 132 2 2
8 October 1996 Album
Vocal Jazz Piano Blues
132 Ratings 2 Reviews 2.89 Average
James Booker - Classified, Cover art
Classified
James Booker
3.59 61 61 4 4
1983 Album
Piano Blues New Orleans Blues
61 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.59 Average
Mose Allison - The Way of the World, Cover art
The Way of the World
Mose Allison
3.31 76 76 3 3
23 March 2010 Album
Singer-Songwriter Blues Vocal Jazz
76 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.31 Average
Amina Claudine Myers - Salutes Bessie Smith, Cover art
Salutes Bessie Smith
Amina Claudine Myers
3.53 62 62
1980 Album
Vocal Jazz Piano Blues
Blues Spiritual Jazz
62 Ratings 3.53 Average
Sunnyland Slim - Slim's Shout, Cover art
Slim's Shout
Sunnyland Slim
3.58 50 50 1 1
1961 Album
Piano Blues
50 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.58 Average
Memphis Slim & Buddy Guy - Southside Reunion, Cover art
Southside Reunion
Memphis Slim & Buddy Guy
3.67 45 45 3 3
2004 Album
Blues Piano Blues
Chicago Blues
45 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.67 Average
Otis Spann - Cryin' Time, Cover art
Cryin' Time
Otis Spann
3.53 48 48 2 2
1969 Album
Chicago Blues Piano Blues
48 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.53 Average
Memphis Slim - The Real Boogie Woogie, Cover art
The Real Boogie Woogie
Memphis Slim
3.49 53 53
1959 Album
Boogie Woogie Piano Blues
playful acoustic energetic instrumental uplifting
53 Ratings 3.49 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
3.44 52 52 1 1
February 1961 Album
Piano Blues Hard Bop
Vocal Jazz
52 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.44 Average
Otis Spann - The Blues of Otis Spann, Cover art
The Blues of Otis Spann
Otis Spann
3.89 29 29
1964 Album
Chicago Blues Piano Blues Blues
29 Ratings 3.89 Average
Meade Lux Lewis - Cat House Piano, Cover art
Cat House Piano
Meade Lux Lewis
3.33 52 52 1 1
1956 Album
Boogie Woogie Piano Blues
Jazz
playful energetic instrumental uplifting rhythmic
52 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.33 Average
Jack Bruce - Monkjack, Cover art
Monkjack
Jack Bruce
3.31 52 52 3 3
10 October 1995 Album
Piano Rock Piano Blues
Jazz-Rock
52 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.31 Average
Jon Batiste - Hollywood Africans, Cover art
Hollywood Africans
Jon Batiste
3.40 50 50
28 September 2018 Album
Jazz Vocal Jazz Piano Blues
50 Ratings 3.40 Average
Champion Jack Dupree - From New Orleans to Chicago, Cover art
From New Orleans to Chicago
Champion Jack Dupree
3.37 48 48 2 2
1966 Album
Piano Blues New Orleans Blues
British Blues
48 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.37 Average
Champion Jack Dupree and His Blues Band Featuring Mickey Baker - Champion Jack Dupree and His Blues Band Featuring Mickey Baker, Cover art
Champion Jack Dupree and His Blues Band Featuring Mickey Baker
Champion Jack Dupree & Mickey Baker
3.58 39 39 1 1
1967 Album
Piano Blues
New Orleans Blues
39 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.58 Average
Charles Brown - All My Life, Cover art
All My Life
Charles Brown
3.83 35 35 1 1
1990 Album
Piano Blues
nocturnal playful
35 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.83 Average
Mose Allison - Creek Bank, Cover art
Creek Bank
Mose Allison
3.50 39 39 2 2
June 1959 Album
Cool Jazz Vocal Jazz Piano Blues
Vocal Jazz Blues
39 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.50 Average
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  • James Booker - Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah, Cover art
    Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah
    1993 Album
    187 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.82 Average
    3.82 187 187 3 3
  • Nina Simone - Nina at the Village Gate, Cover art
    Nina at the Village Gate
    1961 Album
    416 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.78 Average
    3.78 416 416 8 8
  • Diamanda Galás - Malediction and Prayer, Cover art
    Malediction and Prayer
    1998 Album
    414 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.49 Average
    3.49 414 414 9 9
  • Diamanda Galás - La serpenta canta, Cover art
    La serpenta canta
    2003 Album
    260 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.49 Average
    3.49 260 260 3 3
  • Diamanda Galás - Guilty Guilty Guilty, Cover art
    Guilty Guilty Guilty
    2008 Album
    267 Ratings 10 Reviews 3.44 Average
    3.44 267 267 10 10
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    Archival

  • Tom Waits - The Early Years Volume One, Cover art
    The Early Years Volume One
    1991 Album
    468 Ratings 10 Reviews 3.61 Average
    3.61 468 468 10 10
  • Otis Spann - Walkin' the Blues, Cover art
    Walkin' the Blues
    1972 Album
    110 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.83 Average
    3.83 110 110 4 4
  • James Booker - Spiders on the Keys, Cover art
    Spiders on the Keys
    1993 Album
    64 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.93 Average
    3.93 64 64 2 2
  • Professor Longhair - House Party New Orleans Style: The Lost Sessions 1971-1972, Cover art
    House Party New Orleans Style: The Lost Sessions 1971-1972
    1987 Album
    51 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.77 Average
    3.77 51 51 2 2
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