Alison (track)
by Elvis Costello
Year: 1977
From the album My Aim Is True (track #5)
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Alison appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello:
- My Aim Is True (track #5) (this album) (1977)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello (track #4) (compilation) (1999)
- Girls Girls Girls (track #18) (compilation) (1989)
- The Best Of Elvis Costello - The First 10 Years (track #2) (compilation) (2007)
- The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (track #1) (compilation) (1985)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977–86 (track #1) (compilation) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/14/2026 03:22 | stareaterogni0n | 6,691 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2026 19:25 | culwin | 23,290 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 14:46 |  DommeDamian | 78,499 | 51/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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Jboy56 12/26/2021 12:48 | #278001
Wow, a really lovely pop song, Just dig it.
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