A Sign Of The Ages (track)
by Gil Scott-Heron
Year: 1971
From the album Pieces Of A Man (track #8)
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A Sign Of The Ages appears on the following album(s) by Gil Scott-Heron:
- Pieces Of A Man (track #8) (this album) (1971)
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (track #14) (compilation) (1974)
- Ghetto Style (track #12) (compilation) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/04/2025 21:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 34,761 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2025 14:00 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,450 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2024 05:35 | matterhornrider | 22,434 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2024 02:40 |  AAL2014 | 34,400 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2024 18:18 | zomg101 | 11,437 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 12% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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