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TOP 100 BLUES, SOUL, ZYDECO CDS/ NEW
TOP 100 BLUES, SOUL, ZYDECO CDS/ VINTAGE OR REISSUED
TOP 10 GOSPEL CDS
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REAL BLUES CURRENT TOP 100 CDs CHART

Note: REAL BLUES ‘Top 100 Releases’ chart is based on CD’s we have received in the previous 24 Calendar months*.
All have been graded as ‘Highly Recommended Purchases’ and all selections are based solely on Artistic/Spiritual Merit. Selections have already been reviewed or will be within the next issue. This list is a ‘Bribery-free’ listing so you can ‘take-it-to-the-bank’. (If you hope to have your CD on this list, the first step is to send us a review copy…)

* While the current Top 100 Chart is mainly reserved for the Hottest CDs of the last 24 calendar months, some exceptional releases may remain on the chart for longer periods.
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1. Reverend K. M. Williams: When I Rise (Dialtone)
1. Glenn Kaiser’s Cardboard Box (Grrr Records)

2. Chick Willis: Hit & Run Blues (Benevolent Blues)

2. Chocolate Thunder: Ear Candy (Indie)

2. Stevie J.: The Diversity Project (Blue Skunk)
3. Back Alley Players: Beyond The Blues (Bone Entertainment)
3. Quintus McCormack Blues Band: Hey Jody! (Delmark)
4. Travis ‘Moonchild’ Haddix: If I’m One, You’re One Too (CDS)

4. Junior Wells & The Aces: Live In Boston 1966 (Delmark) *Vintage Recordings (our very popular Vintage/Re-issue Top 50 returns August 2011)

5. Claudette King: We’re On To Something (Blues Express)

6. James Kinds: Love You From The Top (Delmark)

7. Charlie Musselwhite: The Well (Alligator)

7. Mississippi Heat: Let’s Live It Up! (Delmark)

7. Jim’s Combo: Tune Up! (Tune Up Records)

8. Louis King: That And A Quarter (Shock Records)
8. Shawn Pittman: Edge Of The World (Delta Groove)
9. Matt Hill: On The Floor (VizzTone)
9. Grady Champion: Dreamin’ (Grady Shady)
10. Big Apple Blues: Brooklyn Blues (Stone Tone Records)
10. Dennis Jones: Pleasure & Pain (Blue Rock)

11. Todd Sharpville: Porchlight (MIG)
11. Lee ‘Shot’ Williams: I’m The Man For The Job (CDS)
12. Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King: Have Blues Will Travel (Alligator)
12. Mighty Sam McClain: Betcha Didn’t Know (Mighty Music)
13. Willie Buck: The Life I Love (Delmark)
13. Phil Gates: Addicted To The Blues (Indie)
14. Duke Robillard: Passport To The Blues (Stony Plain)
14. Marcia Ball: Roadside Attractions (Alligator)
15. Rick Estrin And The Nightcats: Twisted (Alligator)
15. Gene Taylor W. CC Jerome’s Jet Setters: Let Me Ride in your Automobile (El Toro)
16. Louisiana Swamp Stomp w Carol Fran, Henry Gray, Larry Garner (Honeybee Entertainment)
16. Mike Eldred Trio: 61 And 49 (20110)
16. Bill Edwards: That’s What I Been Talkin’ About (Indie)
17. Trampled Under Foot: Wrong Side Of The Blues (Vizztone)
17. Guitar Shorty: Bare Knuckle (Alligator)
17. Pat Cooley: Cougar (L&L Records)
17. Rocky Jackson: Testify! (High Life)
18. Greg Zlap: Air (Le Chant du Monde/S.R.I.)
19. Chris Watson: Just For Show (Godor Music)
19. Shawn Pittman With The Moeller Bros: Triple Troubles (Feelin’ Good Records)
19. Various Artists: Blue Midnight (Last Buzz)
20. Billy T. Band: L.O.V.E. (Just A Silly Notion) (Big H Productions)
20. Sweet Claudette: Live In The Studio (Blue Skunk)
21. Matt Walsh & Christian Bleiming: MC Shuffle (Acoustic Music)
21. Ronnie Earl And The Broadcasters: Spread The Love (Stony Plain)

22. Rick Godfrey: Nasty Man (Serenity Hill)
22. Big Bill Morganfield: Born Lover (Black Shuck Records/VizzTone)
23. Tommy Castro Presents “The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue (Alligator)
23. Dmitri Resnik: One Short Of A Dozen (Rusty Nail)
24. Johnny & The Motones: Nothin’ To Lose (Altenburgh)

24. Meyer Rossabi: Blues Is The Color (Indie)
24. Peter Novelli (Chalet Music)
25. The Terry Eckard Band: Angelene (Waggletone Records)

25. Dennis Johnson: Slide Show (Indie)
26. Tre: I’m Through With The Blues (Wolf)
27. Cathy Lemons And Johnny Ace: Lemonace (Vizztone)

27. Elmore Jame s Jr. And The Broomdusters: Baby Please Set A Date (Wolf)

28. Shawn Pittman: Too Hot (Feelin’ Good)

29. Tommy Brown: Rockin’ Away My Blues (Bonedog)

29. Tom Feldmann & The Get-Rites: Tribute (Magnolia)
29. Hosea Hargrove: Texas Golden Nugget (Dialtone)

30. Piano Red: The Lost Atlantic Tapes (Landslide Records *Vintage Recording

30. Bobby Dean Blackburn: Don’t Ask…Don’t Tell (Electro Fi)
31. Elam McNight & Bob Bogdal: Zombie Nation (Indie)
31. The Cliffhanger Project/ Rocky Athas, Jimmy Wallace, Russell Stonecypher a.o. (Topcat)
32. The Delta Flyers: Sixteen Bars (Soulbilly Records)
32. Kevin Selfe And The Tornadoes: Playing The Game (Blue Skunk)
33. Elvin Bishop: Raisin’ Hell Revue (Delta Groove)
33. A.Z. Kenny Tsak Deluxe: Like I Do (56 De Luxe)
34. John-Alex Mason: Jook Joint Thunderclap (Naked Jaybird Music)
34. Joe Murphy featuring Bharath Rajakumar: She Moves Me (Canard Noir Records)
34. Lance Lopez: Salvation From Sundown (Mig-Music/Germany)
35. Damon Fowler: Devil Got His Way (Blind Pig/Stony Plain)
35. Mike Hallal Band: Hatchet Blues (Pi Records)
36. Electrofied: Bad Case Of The Blues (Marva)

36. The Aces: No One Rides For Free (El Toro)

36. Brian Cober: Real Far Gone (Indie)
37. Biscuit Miller: Blues With A Smile (Blue Bass)
37. Mel Brown: Love Lost And Found (Electro Fi)
37. Big Joe Maher And The Dynaflows: You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down (Severn)
38. Delta Jets: Live (Indie)
38. Johnny Max Band: It's A Long Road (Pour Soul)
39. Peter Struijk Featuring Taildragger: Human Ways (Blueshine Records/Holland)
40. Tip Of The Top: Rock Tonight (Delta King Records)
41. Long John Hunter: Looking For A Party (Blues Express)

41. Zakiya Hooker: Keeping It Real (Boogie With The Hook Productions)
42. John Primer: Call Me John Primer (Wolf)

42. Cyril Neville: Brand New Blues (MC Records)
43. Wayne and Wildroot: One Hell Of A Ride (Reconciled Records)
43. Nick Moss: Privileged (Blue Bella)
44. James Day & The Fish Fry: Firecracker (Neon Blue)
44. Churchwood (Saustex)
44. Kirsten Thien: Delicious (Screen Door Records)
45. Nellie ‘Tiger’ Travis: I’m A Woman (CDS)

46. Floyd McDaniel: West Side Baby (Delmark)
46. Benny Maygarden: Come On, If You’re Coming (Shortstack Records)
47. Shirley Johnson: Blues Attack (Delmark)
47. Chainsaw Dupont: The Real Guitar Hero (Chicago Blues Records)
48. Cadillac Angels: Kicks Like A Mule (Blood Brother Records)

48. Troy Turner: Whole Lotta Blues (Evidence)
48. R.B. Stone: Lonesome Traveller’s Blues (Middle Mountain)
48. Roomful of Blues: Hook, Line & Sinker (Alligator)
49. Craig Brenner & The Crawdads: Live To Love (Craig Brenner Music)
49. Ernie Payne: Coercion Street (Black & Tan) * Voted Album Of The Decade/All Genres

50. Rob Stone: Back Around Here (Earwig)
50. Pete Anderson: Even Things Up (Little Dog/Vizztone)

51. Bocce Boogie Featuring Big Walter, Guitar Johnny Nicholas & Ronnie Earl (Topcat)
51. Arthur Adams: Stomp The Floor (Delta Groove)
52. Shawn Pittman: Movin’ & Groovin’ (Feelin’ Good Records)
52. Johnny Moeller: BloogaLoo! (Severn)

53. Mike Pachelli: Melting Point (Fullblast Recordings)
53. Don Ray Band: On Top Of The Heap (Margdon Records)
54. Terry ‘Big T’ Williams: Jump Back…Big T’s In The House (Blumert Enterprise)
54. 2000 LBs of Blues: Soul of A Sinner (Deep Groove Records)
55. Richard Ray Farrell And The Spanish Band: Camino de Sanlucar (Blue Beet)
55. The Delgado Brothers: Learn To Fly (Bell Asher Records)
56. Don Ray Band: Lonesome Rider (Margdon Records)

56. Shaun Murphy: Livin’ The Blues (Vision Wall Records)
57. Mac Arnold & Plate Full Of Blues: Country Man (Vizztone)
57. Little Joe Washington: Texas Fire Line (Dialtone)
58. David Gogo: Soul-Bender (Cordova Bay)
58. Chris James/Patrick Rynn: Gonna Boogie Anyway (Earwig)
58. Jake Lear: Lost Time Blues (Indie)
59. Shawn Pittman: Meridian (Indie)
59. Ari Borger Quartet: Backyard Jam (GRV/Brazil)
60. Robson Fernandes: Cool (Indie/Brazil)
60. Downchild: I Need A Hat (Linus)

61. Dudley Taft: Left For Dead (Big Woody Music)
61. Ray Bailey: Resurrection (Tondef Records)
62. Aaron Williams And The Hoodoo: It Ain’t Easy (Indie)
62. Hamilton Loomis: Live In England (Ham-Bone Records)
63. Mark Tolstrup & Dale Haskell: Street Corner Holler (Root Blues)
63. Michael Osborn & The Drivers: The Glamorous Life (Checkerboard Records)
64. Matthew Stubbs: Medford & Main (Blue Bella)
65. Mike Hall: Have Guitarz…Will Travel (Indie)
66. Phil Gates: Addicted To The Blues (DCT Productions)
66. King’s Highway: The Line (Rat Pack)
67. Laurence ‘Lucky Man’ Beall: The Huntsville Sessions (Indie)
67. Joe Louis Walker: Between A Rock And The Blues (Stony Plain)
68. Robi Zonca: So Good (Tube Jam Records)
69. Tia Carroll (Big Cat Records)
69. Victor Wainwright and The Wild Roots: Beale St. To The Bayou (Wild Roots Records)
70. Patrick Sweany: That Old Southern Drag (Nine Mile Records)
70. Phil Berkowitz: All Night Party (Dirty Cat Records)
71. Doctor Nick & The Rollercoasters: Blues…Straight Ahead (Blue Tube Records)
71. Billy Lavender: Memphis Livin’ (I55 Productions)
72. Danny Darst: Exit 10 (Indie)

72. The Soul of John Black: Black John (Eclecto Groove)
73. Texas Slim: Driving Blues (Topcat)
73. Hollywood Fats & The Paladins: Live 1985 (Topcat)
74. Dave Keyes: Roots In The Blues (DKR)
74. Deb Callahan: Tell It Like It Is (Blue Pearl)
75. Plainfield Slim: Another Mule In The Barn (Indie)
76. Big Papa & The TCB: Buckshot Love-Live (Dream Pickle)
77. Linda Hornbuckle/Janice Scroggins: Sista (PsycheDelta)

78. The 17th Street Band: Positively 17th Street (17th Street Records)
78. Blues Buddha: I Like It A Lot (Stoopid Daddy Records)
79. Piney Brown: One Of These Days (Bonedog)
80. Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones: Falling Through The Tracks (Mighty Tiger)
80. Aaron Burton: Recession Blues (Indie)
81. Sabrina Weeks & Swing Cat Bounce: Tales From Lenny’s Diner (Indie)
82. The Informants: Crime Scene Queen (Wipe It Off! Records)

83. Tom ‘Blues Man’ Hunter: Down In The Bottom (Great Blues Recordings)
84. Wes Mackey: Beyond Words (Bluesline)
84. Dave Perkins: Pistol City Holiness (Lugnot Music)
85. The Hinton Hart Band: Let’s Get Together (Indie)
86. Johnny B and The Goodes: Have Mercy (Big Mo)
87. Rick Welter Band: I’m All Yours (Bluestopia)
88. Raoul And The Big Time: You My People (Big Time)

89. Pat Pepin: In It For The Long Haul (Indie)
89. Too Slim and The Taildraggers: Free Your Mind (Underworld Records)
90. Tommy Lee Cook: Buckingham Peace Of Mind (Indie)
91. The Plain Hard Truth: Bad Case of Déjà Vu (Indie/Cold Truth Music)
91. Joe Price: Rain Or Shine (Blues Ace Productions)

92. Peaches Staten: Live At Legends (Swississippi Records)
92. The Curbfeelers: Grit ‘N’ Groove (Indie)
93. Dave Spector: Spectified (Fret 12)
93. Bradley/McGillivray Blues Band: Livin’ This Way (Sense and Soul)
94. Kirby Sewell: A Tonic For Your Soul (Indie)
94. Paul Filipowicz Live: Chickenwire (Big Jake)
95. Matt Walker: Low Down (Indie)
96. The Blue Voodoo: Back To The Shack (Blue Voodoo)
96. 112 North Duck: I Took The Hook (Indie)
97. Ricky Gene Hall & The Goods: Bam! (Yard Dawg Records)
97. Georgette Fry: Back In A Moment (Spare Rib)
98. Bert Deivert: Takin’ Sam’s Advice (Indie)
98. The Strangetones: We’re On Our Way (Meteor Sonic Records)
99. Jerome Godboo: Humdinger (Indie)

100. Bernie Pearl: Old School Blues (Bee Bump)

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REAL BLUES TOP 100 BLUES, SOUL, ZYDECO CDS/ VINTAGE OR REISSUED

Like our Top Books & DVD Charts, the Top 100 Vintage/Reissue CDs Listing contains product that has been released in the past 36 months (or longer). We rank by order of a) historical importance and b) pure entertainment value, and this list will ONLY contain CDs that have been graded as ‘Highly Recommended Purchases’ and all selections are based solely on Artistic/Spiritual Merit. Selections have already been reviewed or will be within the next issue. This list is a ‘Bribery-free’ listing so you can ‘take-it-to-the-bank’. (If you hope to have your CD on this list, the first step is to send us a review copy…)
All have been graded as ‘Highly Recommended Purchases’ and all selections are based solely on Artistic/Spiritual Merit. Selections have already been reviewed or will be within the next issue. This list is a ‘Bribery-free’ listing so you can ‘take-it-to-the-bank’. (If you hope to have your CD on this list, the first step is to send us a review copy…)

New Chart Coming August 2011!

 

 

 

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REAL BLUES TOP 10 GOSPEL CDS

Note: REAL BLUES ‘Top 10 Releases’ charts are based on what CD’s we have received in the previous 12 Calendar months. All have been graded as ‘Highly Recommended Purchases’ and all selections are based solely on Artistic/Spiritual Merit. Selections have already been reviewed or will be within the next issue. This list is a ‘Bribery-free’ listing so you can ‘take-it-to-the-bank’. (If you hope to have your CD on this list, the first step is to send us a review copy…)

New Chart Coming August 2011!