Vienna (track)
by Billy Joel
Vienna appears on the following album(s) by Billy Joel:
- The Stranger (track #5) (this album) (1977)
- 12 Gardens Live (track #6) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/07/2025 19:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 47,915 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 16:21 | platus | 31,651 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 19:50 | radio-head | 5,658 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2025 14:00 |  HoldenM | 7,678 | 91/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2025 18:57 | ekingshill | 356 | 87/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.2/100, a mean average of 87.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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One of the greatest songs of all time. Such beautiful piano playing and perfect lyrics about tumultuous youth. I will never tire of this one.
Lovely song - both lyrics and music. Provides me calmness in these times of hurry.
Baffled that he speaks about slowing down and taking out your phone for a day or two in 1977!
Medelsvensson 06/06/2018 01:33 | #216195
Simply one of the greatest songs ever written
poppmusic 01/25/2016 10:20 | #157606
Beautiful, comforting song.
rogue 11/13/2014 00:24 | #126844
blasphemy that this song has no comments.
soundtrack to any tumultuous, young life. it was for mine for at least a few months.
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