Smile
by Laura Nyro

Smile by Laura Nyro
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 20,122nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 26 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (227th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,468th)
Award Best albums of all time (20,122nd)

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LAURA NYRO Smile COLUMBIA LP original 1976 Vinyl New SEALED hype sticker
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Laura Nyro bestography

Smile is ranked 7th best out of 17 albums by Laura Nyro on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Laura Nyro is Eli And The Thirteenth Confession which is ranked number 1222 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,423.

Laura Nyro album bestography « Higher ranked (16,308th)
Nested
This album (20,122nd)
Smile
Lower ranked (23,961st) »
Angel In The Dark

(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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Smile track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 20,122nd | 1970s rank: 2,468th | 1976 rank: 227th

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 26 votes)
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70/100
 
01/25/2026 08:35 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16772/100
 
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07/14/2025 18:36 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,39536/100
 
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03/03/2025 07:07 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04281/100
 
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03/16/2024 18:22 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,54164/100
 
60/100
 
03/20/2023 20:50 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,78963/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.4/100, a mean average of 68.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.3.

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90/100
From 11/17/2013 20:14 | #93209
Laura is more laid back and 'jazzy' on this album that her late 60's albums. This is a 'cool' album and she does not perform as many vocal gymnastics. Title track is very atmosphric - Terrific album
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