Playing Possum
by Carly Simon
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Carly Simon bestography
Playing Possum is ranked 5th best out of 28 albums by Carly Simon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carly Simon is No Secrets which is ranked number 4261 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 340.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Playing Possum track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Playing Possum rankings
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Playing Possum ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/05/2024 15:31 | RemainInLight | 3,643 | 35/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2021 02:47 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2020 09:34 | lanadeleswift | 3,734 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2020 14:40 | mostlymor | 6,977 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2020 18:16 | roberto71 | 1,539 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.2/100, a mean average of 59.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 59.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.0.
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This is really one of her worse albums she ever maid (Edited)
I'm surprised how horrible this album actually is. The lyrics on the last two tracks are out of this world ridiculous. Stay away unless you REALLY love Carly Simon.
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