Just Testing
by Wishbone Ash
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Wishbone Ash bestography
Just Testing is ranked 7th best out of 46 albums by Wishbone Ash on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wishbone Ash is Argus which is ranked number 925 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,881.
(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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Just Testing 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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Just Testing rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1980 | 48/97 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Nightprowler | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1980 Part 1 | 17/100 | - |
| 2024 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | MetaKoopa99 | Albums in My Vinyl Collection, Part 3 | 53/72 | - |
| 2023 | 70proglodyte | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 26 |
| 2023 | MetaKoopa99 | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1980s | 8/91 | 18 |
| 2023 | MetaKoopa99 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 190 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 19:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,939 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 16:53 | hebbo137 | 199 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:34 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Jboy56 01/23/2024 15:23 in What album are you listening to right now?Just Testing comments
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Very solid stuff and probably the last of the really good Wishbone Ash studio albums before the slump of the 80s.
Jboy56 01/23/2024 14:34 | #301413 | TOP COMMENT
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A forgotten gem for me and all people who want to hear excellent guitar work. Definitely worth further revisits..
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