Banga (studio album)
by Patti Smith
Condition: Like New
Patti Smith bestography
Banga is ranked 7th best out of 13 albums by Patti Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Patti Smith is Horses which is ranked number 188 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,024.
(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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Banga track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Banga rankings
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Banga ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/15/2025 04:16 | acoustic-horn | 187 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2024 15:44 | MrOlan | 953 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2024 16:43 | 2,680 | 68/100 | |
| ! | 03/18/2023 05:06 | 5,391 | 65/100 | |
| ! | 11/30/2022 09:11 | 8,151 | 67/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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"Banga" è un buon disco, con belle canzoni, un bel suono, con l'ospite Tom Verlaine che a mio avviso sparge la sua influenza anche oltre i due pezzi in cui suona...
Patti Smith's best album for ages. It's a lovely album and if it was recorded in the seventies it would probably be looked upon a classic. A nice cover of Neil Young's, after the gold rush, too. A good underrated album.
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