Friends Of Mine (track)
by The Zombies
Year: 1968
From the album Odessey And Oracle (track #11)
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Friends Of Mine appears on the following album(s) by The Zombies:
- Odessey And Oracle (track #11) (this album) (1968)
- Odessey And Oracle (Revisited): The 40th Anniversary Concert - Live At The Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, 2008 (track #11) (2009)
- Zombie Heaven (track #42) (compilation) (1997)
- Zombie Heaven (track #117) (compilation) (1997)
- The Singles Collection: As & Bs 1964-1969 (track #21) (compilation) (2000)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/06/2026 19:54 | alexandermause | 16,775 | 85/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 20:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 88,878 | 71/100 | |
| 11/22/2025 20:47 |  Caesar01 | 1,062 | 87/100 | |
| 11/20/2025 11:25 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 11/03/2025 22:10 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.3/100, a mean average of 84.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.3.
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Caesar01 11/22/2025 20:48 | #311785
Not a bad song but it's the one rather middling track on an otherwise impeccable album
Good, jaunty pop song, though a little simplistic and not as well-performed as some of the other songs on this album. Does save some points for having really nice piano and guitar parts though.
When we're all in the crowd/And you catch her eye/
And then you both smile/I feel so good inside
It's interesting to interpret this song as a bitter response to a lonely man surrounded by relationships.
Anti 04/21/2014 20:51 | #109695
Not bad.
Jasonconfused 02/05/2013 03:09 | #64025
Probably my least favorite song on the album
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