Night Comes On (track)
by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1984
From the album Various Positions (track #4)
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Night Comes On appears on the following album(s) by Leonard Cohen:
- Various Positions (track #4) (this album) (1984)
- The Complete Studio Albums Collection (track #61) (compilation) (2011)
- The Essential Leonard Cohen (track #15) (compilation) (2002)
- Can't Forget: A Souvenir Of The Grand Tour (track #5) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/23/2025 04:19 | 35,341 | 76/100 | |
| ! | 06/10/2025 04:53 | jtc91 | 13,889 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2025 22:32 | ootsp | 925 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2024 13:42 | 39,199 | 78/100 | |
| ! | 04/01/2024 10:28 | phmusic | 62,859 | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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