The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
by Joe Walsh
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The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get is ranked as the best album by Joe Walsh.
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The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get 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 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 1973 | 33/88 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 44 Music Albums of 1973 | 19/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | roberto71 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 26/100 | 70 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | machiaj | Top 40 Music Albums of the 1970s | 14/40 | 14 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 68 Music Albums of 1973 | 46/68 | 2 |
| 2026 | machiaj | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | 81 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 46/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 53 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 294 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/02/2026 16:03 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 21:35 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2026 15:25 | Philly28 | 968 | 69/100 |
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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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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. (Edited)
Jboy56 05/22/2023 13:15 | #297158 | TOP COMMENT
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A mixed bag with no definite focus on some style, More some of that guitar , pls JOE
Best Tracks: Rocky Mountain Way
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