No Smoke Without Fire
by Wishbone Ash
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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 929 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,878.
(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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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).
No Smoke Without Fire rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 45 Music Albums of 1978 | 45/45 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 77 Music Albums of 1978 | 40/77 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Nightprowler | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 5/100 | 19 |
| 2025 | Nightprowler | Top 11 Music Albums of 1978 | 1/11 | 5 |
| 2025 | Nightprowler | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 6/100 | 82 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 253 | |||
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No Smoke Without Fire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/23/2026 16:52 | hebbo137 | 199 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 13:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,259 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2025 12:39 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
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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 74.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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No Smoke Without Fire forum mentions
Liedzeit 08/25/2024 16:04 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)No Smoke Without Fire comments
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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!
Jboy56 10/30/2023 17:47 | #299699 | TOP COMMENT
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Ash rarely betrays, not even this time. For guitar solo fans only.. SOlid (Edited)
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