Wave (studio album)
by Patti Smith Group
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Wave is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Patti Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Patti Smith is Horses which is ranked number 188 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,060.
(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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Wave track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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55/100  | 4 days ago | NYAndreas | | 43/100 |
60/100 | 09/14/2025 21:33 | Olli | | 68/100 |
90/100 | 08/24/2025 11:13 |  SomethingSpecial | | 82/100 |
75/100 | 08/12/2025 05:27 |  seb7 | | 80/100 |
60/100 | 07/11/2025 16:38 |  Milhaud | | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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It starts great with two of her strongest songs, then a pretty good byrds cover but after that, the air gets let out of the balloon, and the rest of the album limps by. Not a Bad Album but this is definitely the weakest of her 70s output. It really was wise of her to take a break.
Jboy56 02/01/2022 17:26
This album starts well but honestly, the so-called B_side is dark and turned inwards. No good melodies or anything.
Not worth a complete revisit, Better albums wait out there.
Silly underrated. This is a major album and is very influential on 80s bands like the Smiths.
Not as good as her first three albums, but still a decent enough record with a cover of The Byrds, so you want to be a rock'n'roll star, included.
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