The Blind Boys of AlabamaBest The Blind Boys of Alabama Albums Ranked
7.2
Avg Score
3
Opinions
6
Albums
3
Reviewers
Summary from 3 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Blind Boys of Alabama’s catalog across 6 albums from 3 opinions, with an overall average of 7.2/10. The top-rated The Blind Boys of Alabama album is Echoes of the South (2023) with a 8.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Atom Bomb and I'll Find a Way. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2005 to 2023.
Echoes of the South
“The gospel troupe’s latest album is named after the radio show that first booked them, way back in 1944. The Boys, from the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind, modelled themselves on black groups such as the Golden Gate Quartet, but under the south’s Jim Crow laws they were bizarrely allowed to sing only white gospel. From this modest beginning the group’s ever changing roster has come”
I'll Find a Way
“For these gospel titans’ latest album, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver brought the group to his Wisconsin studio and added sparse production to its lush traditional harmonies. The marriage is not perfect. The various cameos (Sam Amidon, Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards among them) can make the Blind Boys seem like guests on their own LP. Still, the Boys’ performances are first-rate, and Vernon’s duet with B”