Joey (track)
by Bob Dylan
Joey appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Desire (track #6) (this album) (1976)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 19:54 | Siromynian | 17,775 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2026 05:21 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 19:30 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 08:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 166,265 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2025 11:58 |  Ilolahti | 1,654 | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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"What time is it?" said the judge to Joey when they met, "5 to 10" said Joey, the judge says "that's exactly what you get"
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Story puts you in a place from a past time but told with all Dylan's skill and style. Mobster Assholes existed back then and still do. Don't think this glamourises them but does show things from their side.
A good song, but it's definitely too long for how slow-paced it is. Hurricane fits this formula 100 times better.
Thanks to @Nobodyisemo I got the point of why it is so low rated. It's a pity because the music is very good and the lyrics are very powerful - even if the guy has supposedly been whitewashed in this song.
Nobodyisemo 01/25/2016 01:37 | #157588
This song would have a higher score from me if it didn't romanticize some asshole mobster so one-sidedly. Even if it is supposed to be a callback to those outlaw folk songs from years before, it doesn't seem right.
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