Sam Stone (track)
by John Prine
Sam Stone appears on the following album(s) by John Prine:
- John Prine (track #4) (this album) (1971)
- Great Days: The John Prine Anthology (track #4) (compilation) (1993)
- Live (track #14) (1988)
- Prime Prine - The Best Of John Prine (track #1) (compilation) (1976)
- Souvenirs (track #13) (2000)
- Crooked Piece Of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980) (track #4) (compilation) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/16/2026 00:18 | TheSmiths82-87 | 16,494 | 86/100 | |
| 01/15/2026 03:47 | daCritic | 35,674 | 75/100 | |
| 01/03/2026 11:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 97,424 | 71/100 | |
| 12/06/2025 05:20 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 06/19/2024 14:07 |  DommeDamian | 73,382 | 51/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.5/100, a mean average of 82.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.
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Holy shit. I think this served as the basis of best track on The Final Cut by Pink Floyd.
Checked it out & It did => "In an interview with Word Magazine, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd claimed Prine as an influence, stating that “His is just extraordinarily eloquent music – and he lives on that plane with Neil Young and Lennon.” In fact, parts of the melody of “Sam Stone” were used by Waters in the opening of “The Post War Dream” from the 1983 Pink Floyd album, The Final Cut." - Alternative Reel
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