I'd Rather Be The Devil (track)
by John Martyn
Year: 1973
From the album Solid Air (track #4)
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I'd Rather Be The Devil appears on the following album(s) by John Martyn:
- Solid Air (track #4) (this album) (1973)
- Live At Leeds (track #6) (1976)
- John Martyn Anthology (track #8) (compilation) (2004)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/17/2026 17:31 | alexandermause | 15,183 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2026 22:22 | Pluto11 | 27,422 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2026 14:51 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,869 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 15:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,600 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 09:28 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 15% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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The second part of the song is way better than the first.
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