Black And White World (track)
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Year: 1980
From the album Get Happy!! (track #12)
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Black And White World appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello And The Attractions:
- Get Happy!! (track #12) (this album) (1980)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/15/2026 03:36 |  AAL2014 | 40,843 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 15:49 | bonnequestion | 17,089 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 02:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,590 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 20:31 |  turbottski | 840 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2024 02:18 | phmusic | 73,424 | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 7% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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neilgee 10/29/2015 23:08 | #152242
Sorry I try not to make negative comments - if you've got nothing good to say then keep it to yourself is my philosophy - but version no 2 of this song (available on the Taking Liberties compilation) is one of my favourite Costello songs and in stark contrast to this rather bland version that made it onto the album.
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