Smash Hits
by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Smash Hits by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
(Compilation album)
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 5,585th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 93 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (82nd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (437th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,585th)

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience bestography

Smash Hits is ranked 7th best out of 70 albums by Jimi Hendrix on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jimi Hendrix is Are You Experienced which is ranked number 38 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,387.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience album bestography « Higher ranked (5,467th)
Blues
This album (5,585th)
Smash Hits
Lower ranked (7,856th) »
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 5,585th | 1960s rank: 437th | 1968 rank: 82nd

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82/100 (from 93 votes)
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03/02/2026 23:44 Jboy69  Ratings distribution  36479/100
 
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01/14/2026 08:49 jeremy9  Ratings distribution  3,66470/100
 
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12/10/2025 20:42 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79770/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.9/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.

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From 03/13/2021 04:02 | #267302
A decent comp, but for my money, the "Experience Hendrix" compilation is the one to get.
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From 01/19/2018 17:29 | #205996
It ain't the one I've got.
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From 10/25/2017 14:55 | #200060
The track listing for this is completely up the spout. The original UK issue maintains a much more bluesy feel, omitting amongst others ...Watchtower, Remember and Crosstown Traffic and adding Highway Chile, ...Midnight Lamp and a couple of B-sides. For this reason it's worth having as there's a fair bit on this compy that aren't on the original LPs. To rate it 0 or 5/100 is just ludicrous.
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Best Albums of 1968
1. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
4. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
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6. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
7. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
8. Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
9. Music From Big Pink by The Band
10. At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
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