Impossible Dreamer (track)
by Joni Mitchell
Year: 1985
From the album Dog Eat Dog (track #9)
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Impossible Dreamer appears on the following album(s) by Joni Mitchell:
- Dog Eat Dog (track #9) (this album) (1985)
- The Beginning Of Survival (track #16) (compilation) (2004)
- Misses (track #8) (compilation) (1996)
- Joni's Jazz (track #54) (compilation) (2025)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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85/100  | 01/09/2025 08:08 | brent13 | | 85/100 |
100/100 | 04/18/2024 21:47 | phmusic | | 100/100 |
80/100 | 10/07/2022 18:37 | babsfanatic87 | | 87/100 |
80/100 | 07/11/2018 03:25 |  Taka | | 79/100 |
60/100 | 05/26/2018 13:21 | Seventiesfan | | 77/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 16.9.
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Great song about John Lennon. One of the best later Joni songs.
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