Lady Day (track)
by Lou Reed
Lady Day appears on the following album(s) by Lou Reed:
- Rock N Roll Animal (track #4) (1974)
- Berlin (track #2) (this album) (1973)
- Best Of Lou Reed - Retro (track #6) (compilation) (1989)
- New York Superstar (track #5) (compilation) (1978)
- Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse (track #3) (2008)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 14:59 |  HoldenM | 9,496 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 15:05 |  AAL2014 | 40,451 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 19:45 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2026 14:59 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 15:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,163 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.9/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.2.
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Love this thumping song - Lou is always at his best when storylining characters on the fringes of life - who is Lady Day here? Some washed up singer...
"After the applause had died down
And the people drifted away
She climbed down off the bar
and went out the door"
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