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Big Joe Turner

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,032

1,965
Decades
- 1930s
  
  of 20
  
  0
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  0
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  21
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  5,311
- 2000s
  
  of 10,569
  
  0
Genres
- Blues
  
  of 747
  
  148
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  363
- Pop
  
  of 13,667
  
  2,434
- R&B & Soul
  
  of 1,920
  
  351
- Rock
  
  of 8,171
  
  1,660

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1930s

0.0000

1940s

0.0000

1950s

2.8311

1970s

0.0000

1990s

1.2970

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Big Joe Turner is ranked overall as 2.1456 out of 4 stars

2.1456

Big Joe Turner Album Rankings

Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 3.3335 out of 4 stars for Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits

Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits (3.3335)

Big Joe Turner's music is the aural equivalent of a rare Porterhouse steak -- oversized, juicy, and a glorious overload for the senses, and if isn't always good for you, that's just part of the fun. ...more

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 1.8961 out of 4 stars for Shake, Rattle & Roll

Shake, Rattle & Roll (1.8961)

A curious gaggle of poorly recorded live tracks, late period studio tracks, and what sound like Atlantic outtakes. ...more

9.77

to

14.85

from (3) sources

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Volume 2 1940-1943

Volume 2 1940-1943 (0.0000)

No review available

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Joe Turner's Blues

Joe Turner's Blues (0.0000)

No review available

12.68

to

18.98

from (4) sources

Shout, Rattle and Roll by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Shout, Rattle and Roll

Shout, Rattle and Roll (0.0000)

No review available

19.87

to

37.71

from (4) sources

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Rocks In My Bed

Rocks In My Bed (0.0000)

No review available

9.86

Flip Flop And Fly 1951/1955 by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Flip Flop And Fly 1951/1955

Flip Flop And Fly 1951/1955 (0.0000)

No review available

11.16

Big, Bad & Blue : The Big Joe Turner Anthology by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Big, Bad & Blue : The Big Joe Turner Anthology

Big, Bad & Blue : The Big Joe Turner Anthology (0.0000)

No review available

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night (0.0000)

No review available

3.41

to

99999.88

from (2) sources

Shake Rattle & Roll in Concert by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Shake Rattle & Roll in Concert

Shake Rattle & Roll in Concert (0.0000)

No review available

9.99

to

15.98

from (4) sources

Have No Fear, Big Joe Turner Is Here by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Have No Fear, Big Joe Turner Is Here

Have No Fear, Big Joe Turner Is Here (0.0000)

Producer Herb Abramson's first encounters with Big Joe Turner weren't at Atlantic, but for the National logo, where Turner paused from 1945 to 1947 and cut the 26 swinging numbers on this collection. ...more

28.86

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Tell Me Pretty Baby

Tell Me Pretty Baby (0.0000)

Lusty, romping jump blues and boogies from 1947-1949 that team Big Joe Turner with his longtime piano partner Pete Johnson and a coterie of solid L.A. sessioneers. ...more

12.06

to

16.98

from (5) sources

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for National Record

National Record (0.0000)

No review available

26.77

to

34.98

from (4) sources

Atomic Boogie: The National Recordings 1945-1947 by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Atomic Boogie: The National Recordings 1945-1947

Atomic Boogie: The National Recordings 1945-1947 (0.0000)

No review available

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Jackson on My Mind

Jackson on My Mind (0.0000)

No review available

3.24

to

31.99

from (2) sources

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Honey Hush

Honey Hush (0.0000)

No review available

Jumpin' with Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Jumpin' with Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings

Jumpin' with Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings (0.0000)

No review available

10.02

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Rocks in My Head

Rocks in My Head (0.0000)

No review available

CD Pricing Not Available

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Essential Recordings

Essential Recordings (0.0000)

No review available

5.74

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Story to Tell

Story to Tell (0.0000)

No review available

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Is Here: Rides Again

Is Here: Rides Again (0.0000)

No review available

8.50

to

14.97

from (5) sources

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Sun Risin Blues

Sun Risin Blues (0.0000)

No review available

CD Pricing Not Available

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Shoutin' the Blues

Shoutin' the Blues (0.0000)

This is an excellent collection of Big Joe Turner's early blues sides from the '40s. ...more

10.99

to

16.98

from (4) sources

Big Joe Turner's Memphis Blues Caravan by Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Big Joe Turner's Memphis Blues Caravan

Big Joe Turner's Memphis Blues Caravan (0.0000)

No review available

26.23

Big Joe Turner scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Texas Style

Texas Style (0.0000)

This somewhat obscure Black & Blue session (reissued by Evidence on CD) features the great blues singer Big Joe Turner a year before he hooked up with the Pablo label. ...more