Old Friends (track)
by Simon & Garfunkel
Old Friends appears on the following album(s) by Simon & Garfunkel:
- Bookends (track #6) (this album) (1968)
- The Concert In Central Park (track #17) (1982)
- The Essential Simon And Garfunkel (track #19) (compilation) (2003)
- The Definitive Simon And Garfunkel (track #15) (compilation) (1991)
- Collected Works (track #41) (compilation) (1981)
- The Complete Albums Collection (track #55) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/13/2026 18:07 | wizardalien | 9,756 | 61/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 03:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 166,295 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 19:41 |  DommeDamian | 75,123 | 51/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 08:38 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2025 12:31 | 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 83.5/100, a mean average of 83.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.
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