Top Blues Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
362
 B.B. King Live at the Regal Electric Blues 1965
2
452
 John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton British Blues Blues Rock 1966
3
502
 Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf Chicago Blues 1962
4
678
 Howlin' Wolf Moanin' in the Moonlight Chicago Blues 1959
5
697
 Muddy Waters Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 Chicago Blues 1960
6
804
 Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign Electric Blues 1967
7
1037
 Blind Faith Blind Faith British Blues Blues Rock 1969
8
1040
 Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band Hoodoo Man Blues Chicago Blues 1965
9
1050
 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Electric Texas Blues Blues Rock 1983
10
1139
 Muddy Waters Hard Again Chicago Blues 1977
11
1238
 Cream Fresh Cream British Blues Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock 1966
12
1276
 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Electric Blues 1965
13
1318
 Eric Clapton Unplugged Acoustic Blues Acoustic Rock 1992
14
1332
 Dr. Feelgood Down by the Jetty British Blues Pub Rock 1975
15
1480
 Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder Talking Timbuktu Mande Music, Songhai Music 1994
16
1507
 John Lee Hooker The Healer Electric Blues 1989
17
1513
 Magic Sam West Side Soul Chicago Blues 1968
18
1635
 Bloomfield - Kooper - Stills Super Session Electric Blues Blues Rock 1968
19
1902
 Muddy Waters Folk Singer Delta Blues 1964
20
1937
 Albert Collins Ice Pickin' Electric Texas Blues 1978
21
1957
 The Animals The Animals British Blues Rhythm & Blues 1964
22
1983
 B.B. King Live in Cook County Jail Electric Blues 1971
23
1992
 Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Country Blues Contemporary Folk 1962
24
2063
 Lightnin' Hopkins The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins/Lightnin' Hopkins Acoustic Texas Blues 1959
25
2130
 Dr. Feelgood Stupidity British Blues Pub Rock 1976
26
2201
 Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music Country Rock, Roots Rock 1976
27
2256
 Ry Cooder Paris, Texas Acoustic Blues Film Score 1985
28
2262
 Fleetwood Mac Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac British Blues Blues Rock 1968
29
2420
 Ali Farka Touré Savane Mande Music, Songhai Music 2006
30
2584
 B.B. King Singin' the Blues Electric Blues 1957
31
2601
 Champion Jack Dupree Blues from the Gutter New Orleans Blues, Piano Blues 1959
32
2605
 Willie Dixon I Am the Blues Chicago Blues 1970
33
2675
 Dr. Feelgood Malpractice British Blues Pub Rock 1975
34
2731
 Jimmy Reed Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall Chicago Blues 1961
35
2732
 The Animals Animalisms/Animalization British Blues Rhythm & Blues 1966
36
2764
 Sonny Boy Williamson (II) Down and Out Blues Chicago Blues 1959
37
2870
 Skip James Today! Delta Blues 1966
38
2899
 Freddie King Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddie King Electric Texas Blues 1961
39
2953
 Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden Blues and Ballads Acoustic Blues 1960
40
2958
 Otis Rush Right Place, Wrong Time Electric Blues 1976
41
2959
 Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers Electric Blues 1971
42
2979
 Taj Mahal The Natch'l Blues 1968

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Johnny Winter Second Winter Electric Texas Blues Blues Rock 1969
John Mayall The Turning Point British Blues 1969
Tom Waits Nighthawks at the Diner Piano Blues Singer/Songwriter 1975
Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland Showdown! Electric Texas Blues 1985
Otis Spann Otis Spann Is the Blues Piano Blues 1960
Mississippi Fred McDowell Delta Blues Delta Blues 1964
Albert King Live Wire/Blues Power Electric Blues 1968
B.B. King Indianola Mississippi Seeds Electric Blues 1970
Koko Taylor Koko Taylor Chicago Blues 1969
Charlie Musselwhite Stand Back! Here Comes Charlie Musselwhite's South Side Band Chicago Blues 1967
Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers Beware of the Dog! Electric Blues 1976
Dan Auerbach Keep It Hid Blues Rock 2009
Gary Moore Still Got the Blues Electric Blues Blues Rock 1990
The Animals Animal Tracks British Blues Blues Rock 1965
Taj Mahal Taj Mahal Electric Blues 1968
Fenton Robinson Somebody Loan Me a Dime Chicago Blues 1974
B.B. King The Blues Electric Blues 1958
B.B. King Completely Well Electric Blues Blues Rock 1969
Hot Tuna Hot Tuna Acoustic Blues 1970
Memphis Slim At the Gate of Horn Piano Blues 1959
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Couldn't Stand the Weather Electric Texas Blues Blues Rock 1984
John Lee Hooker Mr. Lucky Electric Blues 1991
Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion and Bad Company Acoustic Blues Gospel 1957
R.L. Burnside A Ass Pocket of Whiskey Electric Blues Blues Rock 1996
Eric Clapton From the Cradle Blues Rock 1994
Bukka White The Legacy of the Blues Delta Blues 1969
Bobby Bland Here's the Man!!! Soul 1962
Corey Harris Greens from the Garden 1999
Johnny Copeland Copeland Special Blues Rock 1981
Robert Nighthawk Live on Maxwell Street 1964/And This Is Maxwell Street 1980
The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome British Blues Blues Rock 2016
B.B. King There Must Be a Better World Somewhere Blues Rock 1981
Skip James Devil Got My Woman Delta Blues 1968
Albert Collins The Cool Sound of Albert Collins/Truckin' with Albert Collins Electric Texas Blues 1965