Whip-Smart
by Liz Phair
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Liz Phair bestography
Whip-Smart is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Liz Phair on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Liz Phair is Exile In Guyville which is ranked number 795 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,175.
(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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Whip-Smart track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Whip-Smart rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | culwin | Top 58 Music Albums of 1994 | 54/58 | 0 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 50 Music Albums of 1994 | 15/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1994 | 12/44 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1994 | 40/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1994 | 74/90 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 67 Music Albums of 1994 | 13/67 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 46 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 106 | |||
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Whip-Smart ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 04:40 | brent13 | 2,227 | 66/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 13:17 | Tamthebam | 23,332 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 04:37 | covecove | 6,743 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Supernova is great and what made me buy the album back in '94. The title track is also good, but that's about it. The rest is mediocre at best, unfortunately. (Edited)
Different than Exile in Guyville. Much more sonically explosive, yet without losing any,of its sense of fun.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/11/2015 03:28 | #134675
Sounds as great as Exile, but without the cutting lyrics and memorable tracks.
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