Dear Abby (track)
by John Prine

Dear Abby by John Prine
Year: 1973
From the album Sweet Revenge (track #4)
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 15 votes)
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 15 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.0/100, a mean average of 84.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.

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