Song For Adam (track)
by Jackson Browne
Year: 1972
From the album Jackson Browne (track #3)
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Song For Adam appears on the following album(s) by Jackson Browne:
- Jackson Browne (track #3) (this album) (1972)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 04/28/2026 02:59 | 39,100 | 76/100 | |
| ! | 03/21/2026 07:10 | 75,892 | 68/100 | |
| ! | 01/03/2026 03:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 141,819 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 14:09 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,674 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2025 18:39 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.
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Along with Casmir Pulaski Day (Sufjan Stevens), one of the two saddest songs I know.

