Under African Skies (track)
by Paul Simon
Under African Skies appears on the following album(s) by Paul Simon:
- Graceland (track #7) (this album) (1986)
- Anthology (track #23) (compilation) (1993)
- Paul Simon 1964/1993 (track #39) (compilation) (1993)
- The Essential Paul Simon (track #24) (compilation) (2007)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/21/2026 19:28 | Siromynian | 20,192 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2026 14:53 | NickD89 | 7,079 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 03:26 | stareaterogni0n | 6,743 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/18/2017 15:49 | #183221
Few songs suit a warm summer's evening better than this.
