Smart Bar: Chicago 1985 (live album) by Sonic Youth
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Smart Bar: Chicago 1985 is ranked 19th best out of 39 albums by Sonic Youth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sonic Youth is Daydream Nation which is ranked number 74 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,293.
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Smart Bar: Chicago 1985 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Smart Bar: Chicago 1985 rankings
All 11 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 12/99 | 18 |
| 2024 |  pavelthevelvet | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Sonic Youth (+ Related) Discography Ranked (WIP) | 4/24 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Post-punk (plus some gothic rock and no wave) | 8/100 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Experimental (ROCK) | 12/100 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Top 48 Music Albums of 2012 | 4/48 | 5 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | No Wave | 5/63 | - |
| 2021 | Xxnu99etxX | Noise rock | 21/100 | - |
| 2018 | PaperVinnie | Top Live Albums | 6/17 | - |
| 2018 | PaperVinnie | Top 41 Music Albums of the 2010s | 24/41 | 9 |
| 2018 | PaperVinnie | Top 6 Music Albums of 2012 | 2/6 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 51 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 03/29/2025 03:00 | PapaShiz86 | | 79/100 |
70/100 | 11/15/2022 02:49 |  Arthurknight | | 72/100 |
90/100 | 07/04/2021 06:05 | Xxnu99etxX | | 63/100 |
75/100 | 01/17/2021 16:18 | LosWochos | | 75/100 |
75/100 | 07/08/2018 23:57 | TodFitz | | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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One of my all-time favorite live albums, definitely SY's best.
dougotto 03/02/2015 06:37
Really cool noisier live show. Wish I coulda been there
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