Astral Traveling
by Lonnie Liston Smith
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Lonnie Liston Smith bestography
Astral Traveling is ranked as the best album by Lonnie Liston Smith.
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Astral Traveling track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Astral Traveling rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1973 5TH 100 | 15/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | All that jazz (ish) | 14/77 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Lonnie Liston Smith: So Far.. | 1/6 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '70's (501 - 600) | 6/54 | - |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | My most listened to jazz(ish) albums of 2023 | 30/34 | - |
| 2024 | Graeme2 | Jazz | 93/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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Astral Traveling ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/25/2026 07:54 |  covecove | 6,704 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 00:50 | AAL2014 | 4,299 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2024 09:27 | Johnnyo | 9,836 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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Astral Traveling forum mentions
albummaster 08/01/2026 07:05 in Year Change Notices
Applerill 09/25/2015 23:13 in What album are you listening to right now?Astral Traveling comments
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