Banga
by Patti Smith
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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 199 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,497.
(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
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2012 | 78/95 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2012 | 44/51 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | platus | Top 41 Music Albums of 2012 | 16/41 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 80 Music Albums of 2012 | 27/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 77 Music Albums of 2012 | 52/77 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | MrOlan | Top 10 Music Albums of 2012 | 8/10 | 2 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 41/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
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Banga ratings
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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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/17/2026 16:04 | duelek | 2,192 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 08:13 | Tamthebam | 23,310 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 04:16 | acoustic-horn | 246 | 76/100 |
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 is rated in the top 16% 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 10.8.
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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.
Sandrof1969 02/24/2018 21:27 | #209507
"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...
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