The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
by Joe Walsh

The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get by Joe Walsh
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 4,624th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 74 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (87th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (765th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,624th)

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Overall rank: 4,624th | 1970s rank: 765th | 1973 rank: 87th

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75/100 (from 74 votes)
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03/02/2026 16:03 classicjoe  Ratings distribution  23279/100
 
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02/28/2026 21:35 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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01/26/2026 15:25 Philly28  Ratings distribution  90569/100
 
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01/02/2026 01:55 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,26470/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:29 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100

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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 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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From 05/05/2025 20:13 | #308834
I’ve always been a Walsh fan no matter what band he has played with. This is a great album because of the variety of styles and different elements of the music genre. It’s amazing how some of the songs swing from one side of the rock scale to the other. I consider all nine tracks exceptional with Rocky Mountain Ways leading the way.
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From 05/22/2023 13:15 | #297158
A mixed bag with no definite focus on some style, More some of that guitar , pls JOE
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From 01/31/2015 16:31 | #133389
Best Tracks: Rocky Mountain Way
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