Dr JohnBest Dr John Albums Ranked

Locked Down

rollingstone

8.0

“Playing himself in Season One of Treme, Dr. John rehearsed a band for a post-Katrina benefit in New York, wondering if its deep New Orleans jams might create some "confusementalism amongst the Lincoln Center set." They probably did – but at 71, Dr. John has been balancing cultural ambassadorship with jive-talking nightclub hustle for decades. […]”

Television

rollingstone

8.0

“Shut D Fonk Up finds raffish New Orleans legend Dr. John growling amiably as Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis raps; the song, saluting Graham Central Station and the Ohio Players, keynotes an album celebrating ’70s funk. The doctor’s been there before: In the Right Place (1973) gained him a Top 10 single in "Right Place Wrong […]”

Locked Down

pitchfork

7.5

“Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys produced the New Orleans legend's newest, a weird-ass mix of grotty funk and R&B.”

Locked Down

fantano

7.0

“With Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys producing, the new Dr. John album sees the New Orleands R&B legend revitalized with a dark and rustic aesthetic.”

Duke Elegant

rollingstone

7.0

“Dr. John and his lower 9-11 band impart their own subtly sassy N’Awlins-style hoodoo to the work of Duke Ellington on this album of covers. Most of the songs here will be familiar even to jazz dabblers ("Satin Doll," "Moon Indigo"), and at times John is a little too reverential, treading gingerly when a more […]”

Anutha Zone

rollingstone

6.0

“Long before Mac Rebennack emerged as the king of good-times New Orleans grooves, he had crafted a far spookier persona. As Dr. John the Night Tripper on his 1968 debut album, Gris-Gris, he was an emissary from a demimonde of dank Louisiana swamps, mysterious spells and voodoo chicanery. Now, on his new album, Anutha Zone, […]”