The Law (track)
by Leonard Cohen

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Various Positions (9 tracks)

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Night Comes On

The Law appears on the following album(s) by Leonard Cohen:

• Various Positions (track #3) (this album) (1984)
• The Complete Studio Albums Collection (track #60) (compilation) (2011)

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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 81.0/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.5.

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• Top tracks of the 1980s
• Top tracks of 1984

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