A Long Time Ago (track)
by Jim Croce
Year: 1972
From the album You Don't Mess Around With Jim (track #11)
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A Long Time Ago appears on the following album(s) by Jim Croce:
- You Don't Mess Around With Jim (track #11) (this album) (1972)
- Time In A Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs (track #11) (compilation) (1976)
- Greatest Hits (track #7) (compilation) (1974)
- The 50th Anniversary Collection (track #24) (compilation) (1992)
- Songbook (track #23) (compilation) (1988)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/21/2026 06:26 |  sssvnnn | 76,446 | 68/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 07:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,225 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/26/2025 17:51 | mjp11 | 10,300 | 84/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 11% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.2.
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