The Only Child (track)
by Jackson Browne

Album
The Only Child by Jackson Browne
Year: 1976
From the album The Pretender (track #5)
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 32 votes)
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 32 votes)
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 !		04/29/2026 00:02 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  40,84376/100
 
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 !		12/27/2025 05:28 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  169,53271/100
 
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 !		11/27/2025 14:37 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  45,71679/100
 
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 !		09/17/2025 19:44 dihansse  Ratings distribution  68,44176/100
 
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 !		05/13/2025 08:58 machiaj  Ratings distribution  9,08574/100

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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.


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