The Guests (track)
by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1979
From the album Recent Songs (track #1)
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The Guests appears on the following album(s) by Leonard Cohen:
- Recent Songs (track #1) (this album) (1979)
- The Complete Studio Albums Collection (track #48) (compilation) (2011)
- The Essential Leonard Cohen (track #12) (compilation) (2002)
- Field Commander Cohen: Tour Of 1979 (track #8) (2000)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/20/2026 19:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 84,734 | 71/100 | |
| 08/01/2025 12:43 |  AAL2014 | 36,005 | 76/100 | |
| 04/01/2024 10:27 | phmusic | 62,861 | 100/100 | |
| 11/23/2023 00:45 | MaxStorm98 | 51,529 | 99/100 | |
| 06/08/2023 21:34 | Pluto11 | 27,667 | 75/100 |
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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 81.8/100, a mean average of 86.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.0.
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