Last Great American Whale (track)
by Lou Reed
Last Great American Whale appears on the following album(s) by Lou Reed:
- New York (track #6) (this album) (1989)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/15/2026 03:37 | alexandermause | 17,992 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 21:34 | mrmcrook | 12,848 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 17:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,786 | 71/100 |
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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 81.4/100, a mean average of 81.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.9.
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Great song, nice laid back guitar based song with familiar Lou guitar delivery. Good melodic bass at chorus. Again, think Lou's songs work best when he's giving us a story and introducing interesting characters.
