Mean Old World (track)
by Sam Cooke
Mean Old World appears on the following album(s) by Sam Cooke:
- Night Beat (track #3) (this album) (1963)
- The Man Who Invented Soul (track #78) (compilation) (2000)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/21/2026 15:26 | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 20:17 |  nitomano | 27,454 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 17:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,988 | 71/100 |
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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 80.8/100, a mean average of 81.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.
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Best song on Night Beat. Lyrics still ring true today. Once Cooke hit falsetto on this song, I melted. (Edited)
