Gish
by The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing Pumpkins bestography
Gish is ranked 4th best out of 31 albums by The Smashing Pumpkins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Smashing Pumpkins is Siamese Dream which is ranked number 55 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,012.
(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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Gish track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Gish rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 90 Music Albums of 1991 | 49/90 | 2 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 66/100 | 33 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 88 Music Albums of 1991 | 16/88 | 4 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 48 Music Albums of 1991 | 43/48 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 29 Music Albums of 1991 | 1/29 | 5 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1991 | 34/54 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 350 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,603 | |||
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Gish 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 4 days ago | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 18:18 |  imimesis | 2,126 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2026 17:08 | Nifcake | 41 | 88/100 |
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 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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Gish forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026 BestEverAlbums 08/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5419): By MasterOfPuppetsGish comments
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poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2017 06:35 | #189708 | TOP COMMENT
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Great sound, almost combines Guns N Roses style hair metal with Cocteau Twins style dream pop. All tracks are good to great ("Rhinoceros", maybe the best ever Pumpkins song?) with maybe the exception of "Suffer". Overall a must-own for Pumpkins fans.
elo269megv 06/23/2017 01:17 | #193052 | TOP COMMENT
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First three songs are fantastic then the rest are just okay to me. I do like the last song "Daydream" with D'Arcy's vocals. I will say, I think I liked it better when Billy had long hair.
Still one of my favorites from the Pumpkins. What I really love is the album's ability to fucking get you head-banging then the next minute putting you into a psychedelic trance. Great mixture of heavy and dreamy. Best tracks: I am One, Rhinoceros, Crush, Daydream
Loyal fans of most bands always come out in droves to speak highly of their favorite bands debut album. Hell, I'm guilty of praising Pablo Honey by Radiohead because I love them.
I'm amazed Smashing Pumpkins have 4 albums in the top 1000! They should have 2 and be in the latter half of the 1000's. It's alt/grunge sludge.
Crazy overrated. The drop off of fandom after Adore is unbelievable to me. Smashing Pumpkins post Adore music gets crushed negatively way more than it deserves. And pre-adore is loved way way to much.
This was a serviceable alt/grunge band during the popularity of that music in the 90's. No better no worse (Edited)
Underrated album. Their earlier psychedelic period never got the full credit it deserved, this album just straight up rocks.
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