Mavis StaplesBest Mavis Staples Albums Ranked
7.8
Avg Score
32
Opinions
11
Albums
8
Reviewers
Summary from 32 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Mavis Staples’s catalog across 11 albums from 32 opinions, with an overall average of 7.8/10. The top-rated Mavis Staples album is We Get By (2019) with a 7.9/10 average from 5 ratings, followed by If All I Was Was Black and Sad and Beautiful World. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1968 to 2025. Sad and Beautiful World ranks as the highest-rated Mavis Staples song on Rate.fm with a 8.2/10 average.
You Are Not Alone
“Working with Jeff Tweedy, the soul veteran sounds energetic and artful on a collection of covers and re-imagined hits from her past.”
Sad and Beautiful World
“Mavis Staples finds the good in people on Sad and Beautiful World”
Sad and Beautiful World
“Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, roots music luminary, world-class entertainer, and singular lead singer of her family band, the Staple Singers. But throughout her career, Staples has also proven to be a superb interpreter of song. From her teenaged take on standards like “Uncloudy Day” and “Will the ”