Mean Old World (track)
by Sam Cooke
Mean Old World appears on the following album(s) by Sam Cooke:
- Night Beat (track #3) (this album) (1963)
- The Man Who Invented Soul (track #78) (compilation) (2000)
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Mean Old World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/19/2025 19:41 | BurndenAce | 4,206 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2025 11:30 |  VictorVale | 42,899 | 88/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2025 00:22 |  ExTeaSea | 12,146 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2025 15:24 | markl73 | 5,703 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2024 15:19 | Siromynian | 15,135 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.0/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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Best song on Night Beat. Lyrics still ring true today. Once Cooke hit falsetto on this song, I melted.
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