Scarborough Fair/Canticle (track)
by Simon & Garfunkel
Year: 1966
From the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (track #1)
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle appears on the following album(s) by Simon & Garfunkel:
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (track #1) (this album) (1966)
- Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (track #7) (compilation) (1972)
- The Essential Simon And Garfunkel (track #9) (compilation) (2003)
- The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel (track #5) (compilation) (1999)
- Live 1969 (track #6) (2008)
- Tales From New York (track #15) (compilation) (2000)
- The Simon And Garfunkel Collection: 17 Of Their All-Time Greatest Recordings (track #8) (compilation) (1981)
- Collected Works (track #24) (compilation) (1981)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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90/100  | 06/12/2025 16:44 | sebfox | | 88/100 |
75/100 | 06/09/2025 20:39 | MrOlan | | 79/100 |
100/100 | 06/04/2025 16:29 |  VictorVale | | 88/100 |
80/100 | 05/10/2025 07:13 | zsolti | | 80/100 |
90/100 | 03/24/2025 21:21 | ootsp | | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.1/100, a mean average of 89.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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Squonk007 03/22/2023 18:20
Beautiful.
One of the most evocative and misterious songs ever. Great cover.
Perfect.
Beautifully arranged traditional.
This tracks, a little overproduced, but it's still one of S&G's most beautiful vocal performances.
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