Wishbone Ash
by Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash by Wishbone Ash
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-12-04
Overall rank: 2,569th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 106 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (55th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (460th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,569th)

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Wishbone Ash bestography

Wishbone Ash is ranked 2nd best out of 46 albums by Wishbone Ash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wishbone Ash is Argus which is ranked number 937 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,854.

Wishbone Ash album bestography « Higher ranked (937th)
Argus
This album (2,569th)
Wishbone Ash
Lower ranked (3,711th) »
There's The Rub

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Wishbone Ash track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Wishbone Ash rankings

Wishbone Ash rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,569th | 1970s rank: 460th | 1970 rank: 55th  Overall chart history
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Wishbone Ash ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 106 votes)
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04/21/2026 20:28 Tikibar  Ratings distribution  390/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.


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95/100
Wow! I found this Wishbone Ash album in the dusty bin of an old-school record store. Never heard of them, but I like this era of rock. When the needle dropped, I had no expectations...and then...BAM!!! I was struck head-on by a truck full of powerful electric guitar rock. This album is GREAT. Every song jumps off the disk. How have I not heard of these guys? Did they fall through a crack in the space-time continuum?? A true hidden gem!!!
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This is where the legend began, listen to that guitar on a long moving song like Phoenix! Just wonderful.
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100/100
One of the essential guitar records of all time, packed to the brim with hard rock, blues, and prog in germinal form. It's crazy to me how underrated and forgotten Wishbone Ash has become when you can put an album like this on and enjoy every second of it. Let's get these guys some more recognition on this website and in general, they deserve it.
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This album packs more amazing guitar work than any other prog album I've ever heard.
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