The Essential Bessie Smith
by Bessie Smith
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Bessie Smith bestography
The Essential Bessie Smith is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by Bessie Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bessie Smith is Empress Of The Blues which is ranked number 8345 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 151.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Essential Bessie Smith track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Essential Bessie Smith rankings
The Essential Bessie Smith rankings summary
Overall rank: 30,441st | 1990s rank: 4,620th | 1997 rank: 486th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 53 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 94 Music Albums of 1997 | 43/94 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 50 Blues albums of all time by DMD | 3/50 | - |
| 2023 |  Decurso | They Call It the Blues:100 Blues Favourites | 51/100 | - |
| 2022 | EyeKanFly | 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (part 9) | 7/100 | - |
| 2020 | boppare | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 37/100 | 26 |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Jazzz Compilations | 31/40 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | Blues Compilations | 5/42 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2022 14:17 | EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2020 12:21 |  Tamthebam | 23,272 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2020 12:15 | spinout | 3,486 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2019 17:00 | boppare | 2,863 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2018 01:25 |  Maxence | 12,753 | 61/100 |
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