Dear Mr. Fantasy (track)
by Traffic
Year: 1971
From the album Welcome To The Canteen (track #5)
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Dear Mr. Fantasy appears on the following album(s) by Traffic:
- Mr. Fantasy (track #5) (1967)
- Welcome To The Canteen (track #5) (this album) (1971)
- Best Of Traffic (track #11) (compilation) (1969)
- Heaven Is In Your Mind (U.S. release) (track #11) (1967)
- Smiling Phases (track #8) (compilation) (1991)
- Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic (track #4) (compilation) (2000)
- The Complete BBC Sessions 1967-68 (track #4) (2019)
- The Complete BBC Sessions 1967-68 (track #15) (2019)
- Where The Poppies Grow (track #4) (2018)
- Where The Poppies Grow (track #16) (2018)
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Dear Mr. Fantasy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/04/2025 22:13 | machiaj | 8,873 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2024 17:59 | phmusic | 62,859 | 100/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2022 14:23 | Pluto11 | 26,976 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2021 15:14 | mostlymor | 86,245 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2018 17:04 | platus | 31,738 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 83.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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