Metacritic Aggregate: 2021 Old Music: Blues/Gospel/R&B

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

• Blues/Gospel
• Country/Americana/Folk
• Classical/New Age
• Electronica/Dance
• Hip-Hop/R&B
• Jazz
• Metal
• World
• Everything

Ranking

1. Bobo Jenkins: My All New Life Story (Third Man) {5}: PO_r:5+
2. TL Barrett: I Shall Wear a Crown (Numero Group) {4}: DB:+; am_z:+, aqd:+, ws_r:14
3. New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers: Volume 2 (2007, Stony Plain) {4}: AAJ:+, j:+ -- TH:**
4. A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 (Honest Jon's -20) {4}: PO_r:7+
5. Blue Muse (Music Maker Foundation -19) {3}: -- TH:***
6. Rev Alex Bradford: Feel Like Running for the Lord: Early Recordings 1951 to 1961 (City Hall) {2}: xco:3
7. John Mayall: The First Generation 1965-1974 (Madfish Music -35CD) {2}: AAJ:+; am_b:+
8. Muddy Waters: The Montreux Years (BMG) {2}: YW_r:23; xrw:10
9. Deniece Williams: Free: The Columbia/ARC Recordings 1976-1988 () {2}: am_z:+, rc_s:9
10. Alligator Records: 50 Years of Genuine Houserocking Music (Alligator -3CD) {2}: TL_r:14
11. Etta James: The Montreux Years (1977-93, BMG) {1}: jzf:+
12. Lightnin' Hopkins: King of Dowling Street (Sunset Blvd) {1}: AAJ:+
13. Professor Longhair: The Bach of Rock (Sunset Blvd -20) {1}: AAJ:+
14. Jimmie Vaughan: The Jimmie Vaughan Story [Deluxe Edition] () {1}: am_b:+
15. Jimmie Vaughan: The Pleasure's All Mine (The Last Music Co -20) {1}: AAJ:+
16. Chicago/The Blues/Today! (RSD) {1}: PO:+ -- TH:[A-]