Ball And Chain (track)
by Janis Joplin
Year: 1973
From the album Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (track #10)
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Ball And Chain appears on the following album(s) by Janis Joplin:
- 18 Essential Songs (track #4) (compilation) (1995)
- Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (track #10) (this album) (compilation) (1973)
- In Concert (track #14) (1972)
- Box Of Pearls: The Janis Joplin Collection (track #21) (compilation) (1999)
- Janis (track #2) (1975)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 12/31/2025 15:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,819 | 70/100 | |
| 06/02/2025 00:41 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 | |
| 03/16/2025 19:36 | Johnnyo | 43,101 | 80/100 | |
| 01/25/2024 00:20 | Fevernova | 34,272 | 82/100 | |
| 01/28/2021 19:23 | MaxStorm98 | 51,529 | 99/100 |
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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 84.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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DeusExMackia 11/05/2016 04:40 | #177993
Raw and thorough blues. Joplin's ecstatic voice just makes this a pleasure to listen to.
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