Standing Hampton
by Sammy Hagar
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Standing Hampton is ranked as the best album by Sammy Hagar.
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Standing Hampton track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Standing Hampton rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1982 Listening Project (Part 1) | 8/100 | - |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 63 Music Albums of 1981 | 31/63 | 3 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 19 Music Albums of 1981 | 15/19 | 1 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0301-0400* | 20/95 | - |
| 2024 | Metalislife | Top 30 Greatest Music Albums | 14/30 | 45 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | To-Do List 1981 | 88/90 | - |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Sammy Hagar: a guide to his best albums - Classic Rock Mag | 4/9 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 70 | |||
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Standing Hampton ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2023 22:09 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2022 06:35 | MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2021 20:50 | Junomoogmello | 885 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Schribes 03/25/2023 23:48 | #295448
A favorite of mine from the Red Rocker. Sammy’s best. Thanks to KSHE 95, he has a loyal following in St. Louis, MO.
A great rock album from the red rocker. One of his best albums with some classic Hagar favourites like 'There's Only One Way To Rock'. Sammy Hagar is one of those artists who nails some great stuff in his albums but leaves us some forgettable stuff too. His best output was certainly the early work he did with Van Halen.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2017 15:14 | #197375
Not sure why wikipedia has this album listed as heavy metal, as it is generic hard rock the whole way. (Maybe because there's a track titled "heavy metal"...that makes fun of heavy metal?) Ignoring that, sammy pens a few catchy songs to open the album which will appeal to the 80s rock music fan in you (especially "there's only one way to rock"), but the (HIS) songwriting falls apart horribly and hilariously in the album's second half until the decent "piece of my heart" cover.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/08/2013 03:01 | #78350
Another good but unremarkable Sammy Hagar rocker.
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