Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon (track) by Chicago
Year: 1970
From the album Chicago (track #6)
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon appears on the following album(s) by Chicago:
- Chicago (track #6) (this album) (1970)
- Live In Japan (track #6) (1972)
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90/100  | 09/23/2025 01:56 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 07/19/2025 12:23 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 07/13/2025 13:49 | Imaybeparanoid | | 69/100 |
85/100 | 02/24/2025 10:42 | AndyLish79 | | 84/100 |
85/100 | 12/08/2024 03:46 | CokeBabies | | 84/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.5/100, a mean average of 84.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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Definitely one of the strongest pieces on the album, very jazzy, proggy suite with all kinds of fun instrumental changes. Also is the home for two of Chicago's most recognizable singles, Make Me Smile and Colour My World.
Rivals the 2nd half of Abbey Road for the most sublime rock medley IMO.
"Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" is a thirteen minute long suite of six songs. Follows is the start time, song name (length) of each.
00:00 Make Me Smile (3:32)
03:32 So Much to Say, So Much to Give (1:04)
04:36 Anxiety's Moment (1:00)
05:36 West Virginia Fantasies (1:34)
07:10 Colour My World (2:58)
10:08 To Be Free (1:21)
11:29 Now More Than Ever (1:27)
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