Alison (track)
by Elvis Costello
Year: 1977
From the album My Aim Is True (track #5)
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Alison appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello:
- My Aim Is True (track #5) (this album) (1977)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello (track #4) (compilation) (1999)
- Girls Girls Girls (track #18) (compilation) (1989)
- The Best Of Elvis Costello - The First 10 Years (track #2) (compilation) (2007)
- The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (track #1) (compilation) (1985)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977–86 (track #1) (compilation) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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90/100  | 4 days ago | brent13 | | 85/100 |
80/100 | 10/05/2025 08:36 | markl73 | | 79/100 |
90/100 | 08/30/2025 14:34 | gmessian | | 55/100 |
80/100 | 06/09/2025 08:28 | ShenBapiro | | 77/100 |
70/100 | 11/26/2024 23:01 |  NowhereMan | | 85/100 |
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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 87.2/100, a mean average of 87.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.
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Jboy56 12/26/2021 12:48
Wow, a really lovely pop song, Just dig it.
eclab 01/07/2013 11:48
Lovely song.
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