The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (track)
by Prince
Year: 1987
From the album Sign "O" The Times (track #4)
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The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker appears on the following album(s) by Prince:
- Sign "O" The Times (track #4) (this album) (1987)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/23/2026 17:52 | Fritz | 4,429 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2026 02:44 | stareaterogni0n | 5,934 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 19:03 |  VictorVale | 44,046 | 89/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 23:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,049 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2026 15:54 | ThuramThugood | 40,004 | 66/100 |
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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 83.5/100, a mean average of 83.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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