Dream Of Life
by Patti Smith
Patti Smith bestography
Dream Of Life is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Patti Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Patti Smith is Horses which is ranked number 195 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,788.
(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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Dream Of Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dream Of Life rankings
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Dream Of Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/06/2026 13:03 | cicadelic | 12,041 | 73/100 | |
| 12/15/2025 04:17 | acoustic-horn | 212 | 75/100 | |
| 08/10/2025 05:45 |  Kingturtle | 7,533 | 73/100 | |
| 07/11/2025 16:37 |  Milhaud | 1,835 | 70/100 | |
| 03/01/2025 13:39 | thenat | 1,375 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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ffudnebbuh 08/01/2011 12:51 | #25450
I don't like this as much as "horses" or "radio ethiopia" but I wanted to put it here because it is a more mature patti, more positive, uplifting and embracing than her first two albums.
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