The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (album)

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1965 (1965-10)
RecordedSeptember 1965
GenreBlues[1]
Length38:15
LabelElektra
ProducerPaul A. Rothchild, Mark Abramson
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band chronology
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
(1965)
East-West
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]
Sputnikmusic4.0/5[2]

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band is the self-titled debut album by the American blues rock band of the same name, released in 1965 on Elektra Records. It peaked at number 123 on the Billboard albums chart. In 2012, the album was ranked number 453 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[4] It is ranked at number 11 on DownBeat's list of the top 50 blues albums.[5]

  1. ^ a b The Paul Butterfield Blues Band at AllMusic
  2. ^ g, manos (20 September 2014). "Review: CD The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Album". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  3. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Down Beat Top 50 retrieved 28 August 2010