Gish
by The Smashing Pumpkins

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Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 1,083rd   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 563 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (22nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (210th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,083rd)

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The Smashing Pumpkins bestography

Gish is ranked 4th best out of 30 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 17,643.

The Smashing Pumpkins album bestography « Higher ranked (864th)
Adore This album (1,083rd)
Gish Lower ranked (2,378th) »
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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).

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I Am One
Average Rating: 85 (131 votes)Comments: View 1
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Siva
Average Rating: 84 (132 votes)Comments: View 2
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Rhinoceros
Average Rating: 89 (182 votes)Comments: View 3
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Bury Me
Average Rating: 81 (107 votes)Comments: View 1
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Crush
Average Rating: 82 (109 votes)Comments: View 2
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Suffer
Average Rating: 76 (100 votes)Comments: View 1
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Snail
Average Rating: 81 (108 votes)Comments: View 1
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Tristessa
Average Rating: 80 (110 votes)Comments: View 1
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Window Paine
Average Rating: 77 (98 votes)Comments: View 1
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Daydream
Average Rating: 79 (107 votes)Comments: View 2
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Gish rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,083rd | 1990s rank: 210th | 1991 rank: 22nd

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Gish ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 563 votes)
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 !		01/15/2026 00:35 This_is_handsome   76979/100
 
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 !		12/30/2025 09:41 Sumbody   1,77076/100
 
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 !		10/15/2025 10:14 markl73   53579/100

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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 comments

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45/100
From 04/25/2022 22:43 | #284669
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45/100
From 02/15/2022 11:25 | #281338
Not as good as Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie, but a must-listen for any fan of rock and particularly grunge. My highlights are Daydream, I am One and Crush.
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75/100
From 02/22/2020 06:25 | #248133
its has its moments
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Rating:  
50/100
From 02/01/2020 01:35 | #247367
In regards to the bookend albums to the pumpkins' two masterpieces, Adore blows Gish out of the water.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 06/03/2019 01:16 | #237039
the world was introduced to The Smashing Pumpkins with this album the turned the music world on its ear to pay attention to this movement of 90's rock
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Rating:  
80/100
From 02/16/2019 06:29 | #232026
Decent album. Great start and end, but lacking a bit in the middle.

Favs: I Am One, Gish, Bury Me, Tristessa, Window Paine, Daydream
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Rating:  
95/100
From 01/28/2019 05:15 | #230873
I take back what I said - Bury Me, Crush, Snail, & Tristessa are just as awesome as the first three songs... Window Paine and Suffer are just okay... Still liked it better when Billy had long hair.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/14/2018 19:22 | #216756
Awesome beginning of their career. 8/10.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 02/28/2018 23:54 | #209810
A pretty kickass album, not a bad song on here, yet it is not as memorable as the Pumpkin's later two albums. Still a great debut; the fast brash songs and the slower songs are all great together, great chemistry for an album.
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85/100
From 01/03/2018 15:54 | #204501
Underrated album. Their earlier psychedelic period never got the full credit it deserved, this album just straight up rocks.
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