Man In The Long Black Coat (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 1989
From the album Oh Mercy (track #5)
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Man In The Long Black Coat appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Oh Mercy (track #5) (this album) (1989)

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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/15/2025 05:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 51,048 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2025 04:20 | 1,459 | 83/100 | |
| ! | 02/19/2025 15:10 | 4,377 | 88/100 | |
| ! | 01/30/2025 03:14 | mjp11 | 9,974 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2025 19:27 | Jaygold28 | 819 | 93/100 |
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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 85.2/100, a mean average of 85.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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One of my favourite non-60's song by Bobby. Really love the whole atmosphere it creates.
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