Distractions (track) by Paul McCartney
Year: 1989
From the album Flowers In The Dirt (track #4)
Distractions appears on the following album(s) by Paul McCartney:
- Flowers In The Dirt (track #4) (this album) (1989)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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80/100  | 06/15/2025 02:20 |  AAL2014 | | 77/100 |
50/100 | 05/11/2025 20:49 | Garyf1972 | | 62/100 |
70/100 | 04/06/2025 08:18 | Pluto11 | | 76/100 |
65/100 | 09/16/2024 19:14 |  dihansse | | 76/100 |
100/100 | 03/15/2024 10:56 | phmusic | | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 12% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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An absolutely lovely song. I'm not sure if neilgee knows this but Costello didn't have anything to do with this track. Still, it's a beautiful track, one of best on the album.
neilgee 12/07/2015 15:38
Music's always a matter of opinion. I was reading Elvis Costello's account of the writing sessions he and Paul did towards the making of this album, but mostly felt that EC was over-rating some of the later music he was involved in or at least in proximity to, until this track began...Phew, lovely stuff!
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