The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2
by Bessie Smith
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Bessie Smith bestography
The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2 is ranked 4th 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 8344 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 151.
(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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The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2 rankings summary
Overall rank: 29,054th | 1950s rank: 827th | 1951 rank: 32nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 50 Music Albums of 1951 | 32/50 | 2 |
| 2025 | panapsal | Top 62 Music Albums of 1951 | 40/62 | 2 |
| 2025 | ReelBigToph | Top 96 Music Albums of 1951 | 49/96 | 3 |
| 2023 | lisalisa | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1951 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2019 | Godspeedyou | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | stereo_mike | Top 25 Music Albums of 1951 | 4/25 | 4 |
| 2019 | stereo_mike | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 71/100 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2025 14:13 | Tamthebam | 23,254 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2023 23:14 | TonySayers61 | 25,331 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2022 12:22 | jonny5244 | 8,460 | 63/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2022 03:26 | Gendjar | 4,751 | 56/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2020 12:17 | spinout | 3,477 | 81/100 |
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