Easter
by Patti Smith Group
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Patti Smith Group bestography
Easter is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Patti Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Patti Smith is Horses which is ranked number 201 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,460.
(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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Easter track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Easter rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 89 Music Albums of 1978 | 27/89 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1978 | 25/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 46 Music Albums of 1978 | 19/46 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 67 Music Albums of 1978 | 17/67 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 45/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 71 Music Albums of 1978 | 8/71 | 5 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 51 Music Albums of 1978 | 25/51 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 240 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 961 | |||
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Easter ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | dhbarrett | 8,852 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 08:33 | Juneof44 | 2,633 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2026 22:00 | culwin | 1,613 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Easter comments
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A more accessible Patti Smith album. Easter, is a good record with some fine songs, most notably the Bruce Springsteen collaboration, because the night. Good, but not great.
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/08/2015 01:33 | #141046 | TOP COMMENT
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In my opinion this is Patti's best album. It is cohesive, full of energy and spirited. I am surprised its not rated higher. Because the Night and Rock and Roll are two classic rock songs but I don't skip any of them. A real treat.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/26/2020 10:39 | #257444 | TOP COMMENT
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I’ve just about worn Side A on the original vinyl album down to its nub as its a Patti Smith masterclass in power and passion notwithstanding the “BS” contribution on track 3
Side B on my album is pristine which pretty much sums up my opinion of it
‘Easter’ is really good but not quite the all time classic it could have been
Couple of great tracks but I find it mostly plodding rock. Rock that plods along.
Side two isn’t bad. Side one is pretty much perfect. (Edited)
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