No Smoke Without Fire (studio album)
by Wishbone Ash

No Smoke Without Fire by Wishbone Ash
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 4,973rd   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 37 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (90th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (816th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,973rd)

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Wishbone Ash bestography

No Smoke Without Fire is ranked 5th best out of 46 albums by Wishbone Ash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wishbone Ash is Argus which is ranked number 888 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,945.

Wishbone Ash album bestography « Higher ranked (3,960th)
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This album (4,973rd)
No Smoke Without Fire
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Wishbone Four

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No Smoke Without Fire track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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No Smoke Without Fire rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,973rd | 1970s rank: 816th | 1978 rank: 90th

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No Smoke Without Fire ratings

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75/100 (from 37 votes)
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10/30/2023 17:47 Jboy56   4,26878/100

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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 10/30/2023 17:47 | #299699
Ash rarely betrays, not even this time. For guitar solo fans only.. SOlid
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From 08/21/2022 00:38 | #288745
Very strong return to form after Front Page News was a bit of a let down. The Way of the World is one of their best songs!
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2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
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