The Essential Clash
by The Clash
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The Clash bestography
The Essential Clash is ranked 11th best out of 19 albums by The Clash on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Clash is London Calling which is ranked number 21 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 30,563.
(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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The Essential Clash track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Essential Clash rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Museman | Top 16 Music Albums of 2003 | 15/16 | 1 |
| 2023 |  pedro1976 | Best Compilations | 64/65 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | pago82 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2018 |  CharlieBarley | Top 62 Music Albums of 2003 | 8/62 | 4 |
| 2018 | liveinacar | Top 47 Music Albums of the 2000s | 23/47 | 11 |
| 2014 | Lrmckinlay | Top 30 Greatest Music Albums | 30/30 | - |
| 2012 | dbone828 | Top 8 Music Albums of 2003 | 8/8 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
The Essential Clash collection
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The Essential Clash ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 33 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/19/2025 08:31 |  Dankel | 2,592 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2025 01:27 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,678 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2023 21:36 | traistboar | 1,552 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2022 04:36 |  Arthurknight | 9,595 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2022 07:57 | pago82 | 3,156 | 71/100 |
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 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.7/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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