Empty Chairs (track)
by Don McLean
Year: 1971
From the album American Pie (track #6)
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Empty Chairs appears on the following album(s) by Don McLean:
- American Pie (track #6) (this album) (1971)
- American Pie: The Greatest Hits (track #7) (compilation) (2000)
- The Best Of Don McLean (track #7) (compilation) (1991)
- Solo (track #5) (1976)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/04/2026 20:43 | Duff79 | 31 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2026 13:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 05:00 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2025 06:15 | ootsp | 985 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2024 14:34 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,692 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 14% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.0.
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Interesting fact - the well known song "killing me softly with his song" refers to this song played by 20-year old Don Mc Lean (more details on genius.com) (Edited)
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