Blow Up
by The Smithereens
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The Smithereens bestography
Blow Up is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by The Smithereens on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Smithereens is Especially For You which is ranked number 5761 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 237.
(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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Blow Up track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blow Up rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1601-1700* | 70/85 | - |
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 91 Music Albums of 1991 | 77/91 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 70 Music Albums of 1991 | 56/70 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s, #201-300 | 26/100 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | dhbarrett | Top 57 Music Albums of 1991 | 44/57 | 1 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | New Jersey | 54/59 | - |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | garsaeger | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 34/40 | 7 |
| 2015 |  lightmyway | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 42/69 | 2 |
| 1991 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1991 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 1991 | WOXY.com | Best Of 1991 | 23/97 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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Blow Up ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 19 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/24/2026 00:48 | traistboar | 1,745 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 23:28 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2024 16:32 | cicadelic | 13,399 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2023 03:01 | dhbarrett | 8,587 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2022 03:13 | Fischman | 11,857 | 66/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.2/100, a mean average of 66.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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