Stage Fright
by The Band
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The Band bestography
Stage Fright is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by The Band on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Band is The Band which is ranked number 257 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,177.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Stage Fright track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Stage Fright rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 84 Music Albums of 1970 | 73/84 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 92 Music Albums of 1970 | 87/92 | 0 |
| 2026 | Pluto11 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1970 | 28/61 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 74 Music Albums of 1970 | 55/74 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 26/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 65/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 93 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 381 | |||
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Stage Fright ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/13/2026 19:14 | tmurf | 52 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 18:55 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 21:49 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Forum mentions
Jboy56 03/19/2023 16:06 in What album are you listening to right now?Stage Fright comments
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Jboy56 03/19/2023 08:48 | #295177 | TOP COMMENT
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You should listen this, very good. (Edited)
Solid album, but not much reason to put this one on often over The Band's first two albums or Northern Lights—Southern Cross... it's just a little regular compared to those records. Definitely a couple tracks worth looking out for though, namely The Shape I'm In, The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show, and the title track. (Edited)
Very good.
After the musically and thematically ambitious The Band, Stage Fright is a much more modest and stripped back effort. The songs are much more personal, with the group telling their own stories rather than America’s stories; the title track is about Robertson’s struggle with stage fright in his career. (Edited)
Not as brilliant or essential as their first two albums, but still a very good record. Easily, their third best album. (Edited)
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