First We Take Manhattan (track)
by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1988
From the album I'm Your Man (track #1)
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First We Take Manhattan appears on the following album(s) by Leonard Cohen:
- I'm Your Man (track #1) (this album) (1988)
- Live In London (track #21) (2009)
- The Complete Studio Albums Collection (track #67) (compilation) (2011)
- The Essential Leonard Cohen (track #21) (compilation) (2002)
- Live In Dublin (track #25) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/19/2025 13:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,252 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2025 04:41 |  AAL2014 | 35,350 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2025 22:18 | ootsp | 925 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2025 06:25 | jtc91 | 13,902 | 82/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2025 05:43 | Toffuey | 2,274 | 85/100 |
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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 85.1/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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