New Amsterdam (track)
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Year: 1980
From the album Get Happy!! (track #9)
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New Amsterdam appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello And The Attractions:
- Get Happy!! (track #9) (this album) (1980)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977–86 (track #10) (compilation) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/15/2026 03:31 |  AAL2014 | 41,982 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 08:32 | dukeboxkool | 8,776 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 15:49 | bonnequestion | 17,267 | 74/100 |
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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 85.0/100, a mean average of 86.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.9.
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neilgee 10/29/2015 23:13 | #152245
As near to pure poetry as EC got in my humble opinion and perhaps in tribute to that the producers have actually done their work! Probably the album's highlight track.
