Dear Abby (track)
by John Prine
Dear Abby appears on the following album(s) by John Prine:
- Great Days: The John Prine Anthology (track #13) (compilation) (1993)
- Sweet Revenge (track #4) (this album) (1973)
- Prime Prine - The Best Of John Prine (track #9) (compilation) (1976)
- Crooked Piece Of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980) (track #30) (compilation) (2020)
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Condition: Used
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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90/100  | 07/29/2025 04:46 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
95/100 | 12/20/2023 19:41 | Rayzer6 | | 89/100 |
100/100 | 12/20/2023 18:50 | MaxStorm98 | | 99/100 |
100/100 | 10/18/2023 20:52 |  Anti | | 93/100 |
70/100 | 01/05/2023 07:50 | Fevernova | | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.4/100, a mean average of 85.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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