Spitfire
by Jefferson Starship
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Jefferson Starship bestography
Spitfire is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by Jefferson Starship on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jefferson Starship is Red Octopus which is ranked number 10813 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 112.
(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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Spitfire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spitfire rankings
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Spitfire 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 |
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| ! | 02/23/2026 05:11 | matterhornrider | 5,149 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2026 04:48 | duelek | 2,121 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2026 16:58 | LosWochos | 47,430 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2026 12:41 | adamsimon333 | 38 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 01:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,474 | 70/100 |
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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 68.9/100, a mean average of 66.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Spitfire comments
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Mostly, a very good record by the Starship—their best—with echoes of what made the Airplane so great at their peak. Side One is terrific, especially “St. Charles,” which stands up to anything the band did in either incarnation. After the pretty ballad “With Your Love,” the album completely runs out of steam, though, with predictable and treacly material like “Love Lovely Love” which, regrettably, the Starship would later be known for.
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