Bright Lights & Back Alleys
by Smokie
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Smokie bestography
Bright Lights & Back Alleys is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Smokie on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Smokie is Changing All The Time which is ranked number 14383 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 80.
(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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Bright Lights & Back Alleys track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bright Lights & Back Alleys rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kettwig | JoeFM's Album top 500 (501-) | 28/72 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 95 Music Albums of 1977 | 82/95 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Nightprowler | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | martintho | Top 68 Music Albums of 1977 | 40/68 | 2 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 94 Music Albums of 1977 | 76/94 | 1 |
| 2023 | musicoed | Top 75 Greatest Music Albums | 18/75 | 52 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 50 Music Albums of 1977 | 16/50 | 4 |
| 2016 | Nightprowler | Top 9 Music Albums of 1977 | 2/9 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 68 | |||
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Bright Lights & Back Alleys ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/20/2024 16:01 | Johnnyo | 9,762 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2024 16:52 | TonySayers61 | 25,017 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2023 22:24 |  sssvnnn | 8,409 | 67/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2022 12:25 | Sumbody | 1,887 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2021 15:51 | NHGRANITE | 4,701 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.4.
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