Steel Rail Blues (track)
by Gordon Lightfoot
Year: 1966
From the album Lightfoot! (track #8)
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Steel Rail Blues appears on the following album(s) by Gordon Lightfoot:
- Lightfoot! (track #8) (this album) (1966)
- Gord's Gold (track #7) (compilation) (1975)
- The United Artists Collection (track #8) (compilation) (1993)
- Songbook (track #6) (compilation) (1999)
- This Is Gordon Lightfoot (track #8) (compilation) (1974)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/11/2025 07:44 | ootsp | 960 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2024 02:55 |  AAL2014 | 39,788 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2023 08:19 | LosWochos | 315,183 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2022 12:39 |  Jboy56 | 39,183 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2022 22:04 | phmusic | 68,979 | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 26% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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