Prologue (track)
by Electric Light Orchestra

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Prologue by Electric Light Orchestra
Year: 1981
From the album Time (track #1)

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76/100 (from 96 votes)

     

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Prologue appears on the following album(s) by Electric Light Orchestra:

• Time (track #1) (this album) (1981)
• Afterglow (track #30) (compilation) (1990)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
70/100  !	11/11/2025 15:06	Exist-en-ciel	76,509	70/100
75/100  !	11/01/2025 02:40	Tamthebam	44,607	79/100
80/100  !	08/10/2025 11:30	Igtonumama	31,393	81/100
80/100  !	08/06/2025 15:27	BroknsocialShawn	1,693	85/100
75/100  !	05/04/2025 11:53	Liedzeit	9,662	77/100

Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.9.

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85/100

From hereforashortime 03/08/2017 17:57 | #187144

Great way to build the atmosphere

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From Jasonconfused 02/07/2013 03:55 | #64309

Probably a bit corny, but cool enough.

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