Mystery Dance (track)
by Elvis Costello
Year: 1977
From the album My Aim Is True (track #9)
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Mystery Dance appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello:
- My Aim Is True (track #9) (this album) (1977)
- Live At El Mocambo (track #1) (1978)
- The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook (track #3) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 43 hours ago | stareaterogni0n | 6,121 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2026 19:52 | culwin | 22,753 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 14:47 |  DommeDamian | 76,603 | 51/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 08:40 | mash | 4,567 | 92/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 19:22 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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