Introduction (track)
by Joni Mitchell
Year: 1980
From the album Shadows And Light (track #1)
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Introduction appears on the following album(s) by Joni Mitchell:
- Shadows And Light (track #1) (this album) (1980)
- Archives Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1967 (track #10) (compilation) (2020)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #16) (compilation) (2021)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #96) (compilation) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/21/2025 13:02 |  Tamthebam | 44,474 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2024 06:44 |  seb7 | 4,516 | 91/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2024 11:22 | phmusic | 62,859 | 100/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2023 23:30 | brent13 | 11,002 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2022 20:30 | Taosjohn | 4,231 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 16% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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