Gone Again
by Patti Smith
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Patti Smith bestography
Gone Again is ranked 6th 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 7,455.
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Gone Again track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Gone Again 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 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 90s Pt.2 (101-200) | 1/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 16 Music Albums of 1996 | 13/16 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 14 Music Albums of 1996 | 14/14 | 0 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Dylan covers 4ab:US (Major Artists continued) | 97/99 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 85 Music Albums of 1996 | 58/85 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1996 | 46/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 111 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/13/2026 03:22 | dhbarrett | 8,886 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 12:19 | RemainInLight | 3,862 | 36/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2026 17:02 | duelek | 2,233 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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pedro1976 06/23/2026 11:32 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Gone Again comments
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Gone is a prominent theme of the album, with obvious reasons, Smith lost several people in her life including her husband, whose absence in her life is reflected in her lyrics. Yet rather then being a purely bleak elegy, Smith comes with a quite acceptance of her circumstances, and the album feels like a catharsis shared with the listener, where the pain that is felt in isolation becomes a communal experience.
Musically the album is a haunting experience, steeped in a haze of a southern gothic aesthetics, the acoustics and dulcimer make it feel like your down in the swamps of Louisiana, rather then the urban environs of her 70s era.
There are not a lot of real rockers here, most of the album is filled with slowed down numbers, but for me its the slower ones that make it more impactful to the albums themes as a whole.
In the end the album is a meditation of death and loss, but Patti's strength and endurance makes it knowing that while the body breaks the strong spirit endears.
Easily up there with her classic 70s output
Top Tracks
About A Boy
My Madrigal
Farewell Reel
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/08/2015 11:00 | #134347
An overlooked brilliant album from Patti recorded after the death of her husband, her brother, one of the members of her old band and Kurt Cobain (with whom she sympathised) help make this a very deep and emotional listen. Best tracks are Wing, Summer Cannibals and About A Boy (the Boy being Kurt Cobain).
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