Bessie Smith Album
by Bessie Smith
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Bessie Smith bestography
Bessie Smith Album is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Bessie Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bessie Smith is Empress Of The Blues which is ranked number 8314 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 149.
(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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Bessie Smith Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bessie Smith Album rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  BozoTyrannus | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 24/100 | 77 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | My Favourite Album by Year | 74/74 | - |
| 2025 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1930s | 3/99 | - |
| 2025 | jonny5244 | Highest Rated Albums by Year | 88/88 | - |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | 1938 - The Very Best Albums | 1/41 | - |
| 2023 | albumceleste | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 13/100 | 67 |
| 2019 |  Graeme2 | 1930s 1940s | 8/11 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 144 | |||
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Bessie Smith Album ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/21/2026 18:29 | duelek | 1,737 | 76/100 | |
| 11/16/2023 23:52 | albumceleste | 974 | 57/100 | |
| 10/31/2022 11:45 | jonny5244 | 8,435 | 63/100 | |
| 07/25/2022 01:48 |  Handpora | 1,241 | 82/100 | |
| 10/25/2021 17:48 | toast223 | 1,332 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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Graeme2 11/17/2017 11:36 | #201483
This must be one of the first collections of recordings on record that was referred to as an album. Not sure but certainly non classical wise I'd guess. It's basically an anthology of 6 previously released singles on 78. Sometime later it would be possible to issue a collection like this on single vinyl disc but not here. Here it is presented as how the singles were issued originally, as in 6 x shellac 78s. As an album. And it's quite wonderful. And I've not heard it on shellac no. That would be nice but digital will have to do.
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