Island Letter (track)
by Shuggie Otis
Year: 1974
From the album Inspiration Information (track #2)
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Island Letter appears on the following album(s) by Shuggie Otis:
- Inspiration Information (track #2) (this album) (1974)
- Inspiration Information/Wings Of Love (track #2) (compilation) (2013)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 11:23 | phmusic | 73,577 | 100/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2026 14:20 |  HoldenM | 10,052 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2026 11:03 | stareaterogni0n | 6,634 | 69/100 |
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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 81.1/100, a mean average of 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.2.
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neilgee 08/20/2016 22:34 | #173156
Superb stuff. There are so many changes of pace on this track it's like the composer had so many ideas they couldn't fit them all in to one track, seething. Every change was changed when I wanted more. I love this feel of creativity about it that feels like a musician really going for broke.
