Editing Muddy Waters discography (section)

== Studio albums ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|List of studio albums with title, album details, chart peak, and reference(s)}}
! scope="col" width=50% | Title
! scope="col" width=% class="unsortable" | Album details
! scope="col" width=5% data-sort-type=number | Chart<br />peak <br>U.S.<br>[[Billboard 200|200]]
! scope="col" width=5% class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill"]]''
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*Released: June 1960
*Label: [[Chess Records|Chess]] <small>(LP-1444)</small>
*Format: [[Monaural|Mono]] [[LP record|LP]]
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Folk Singer (album)|Folk Singer]]''
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*Released: January 30, 1964
*Label: Chess <small>(LP-1483)</small>
*Format: Mono LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Muddy, Brass & the Blues]]''
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*Released: October 26, 1966
*Label: Chess <small>(LP/S-1507)</small>
*Format: Mono/[[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Electric Mud]]''
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*Released: October 5, 1968
*Label: [[Cadet Records|Cadet Concept]] <small>(LPS-314)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 127{{efn|In 1968, ''Electric Mud'' reached number 47 on the [[RPM (magazine)|RPM chart]] (Canada).<ref>
{{cite magazine
| date = December 16, 1968
| title = Top 50 Albums
| magazine = [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]
| volume = 10
| issue = 16
| url = https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5883.pdf
| via = Collectionscanada.gc.ca
}}</ref>}}
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}<ref name="Billboard">
{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.billboard.com/music/muddy-waters
| author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
| title = Muddy Waters – Chart History
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[After the Rain (Muddy Waters album)|After the Rain]]''
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*Released: May 12, 1969
*Label: Cadet Concept <small>(LPS-320)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fathers and Sons (album)|Fathers and Sons]]''
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*Released: August 18, 1969
*Label: Chess <small>(LPS-127; reissue: 2CH 50033, 1972)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
*Note: Sides 1 and 2 are studio recordings
| align="center"| 70
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}<ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|London Muddy Waters Sessions, The|''[[The London Muddy Waters Sessions]]''}}
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*Released: April 1972
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 60013)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Can't Get No Grindin']]''
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*Released: August 1973
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 50023)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Unk in Funk|''[["Unk" in Funk]]''}}
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*Released: March 1974
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 60031)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Muddy Waters Woodstock Album, The|''[[The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album]]''}}
|
*Released: April 1975
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 60035)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hard Again]]''
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*Released: January 10, 1977{{efn|Koda places the ''Hard Again'' release date as May 1977.{{sfn|Koda|1996|p=270}}}}
*Label: [[Blue Sky Records|Blue Sky]] <small>(PZ 34449)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 143
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/><ref>
{{cite magazine
| author = Billboard
| date = January 22, 1977
| title = Soul Sauce
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| volume = 89
| issue = 3
| issn = 0006-2510
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)|I'm Ready]]''
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*Released: January 1978
*Label: Blue Sky <small>(JZ 34928)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 157
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>{{sfn|Dahl|1996|p=270}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[King Bee (album)|King Bee]]''
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*Released: 1981
*Label: Blue Sky <small>(PZ 37064)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 192
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="4" style="font-size: 80%"|  "—" denotes a release that did not chart
|}