Polythene Pam (track)
by The Beatles
Year: 1969
From the album Abbey Road (track #12)
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Polythene Pam appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Abbey Road (track #12) (this album) (1969)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #187) (compilation) (1988)
- Anthology 3 (track #5) (compilation) (1996)
- The Beatles (track #176) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #165) (compilation) (1982)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/18/2026 08:42 |  Norshammar | 1,444 | 87/100 | |
| 02/08/2026 21:05 | Deckard | 278 | 75/100 | |
| 02/08/2026 12:54 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 02/07/2026 16:04 |  Vatsal | 3,969 | 84/100 | |
| 01/15/2026 23:44 | Gedster | 416 | 72/100 |
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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 84.5/100, a mean average of 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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Brilliant solo. A great addition to the medley.
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mdbaxter 02/23/2018 17:48 | #209340
Great song. Chills by this point in the medley every time.
Quick and nice little number with quirky lyrics :)
Not as good as Mean Mr. Mustard, but it's a good song, enjoyable and has a bit of The Who about it. Works well in the context of the medley.
AAL2014 06/25/2016 04:14 | #169727
A nice counterpart to Mean Mr. Mustard. Great guitar work, lead and rhythm.
Grzywa 02/27/2016 14:20 | #160865
I think Ramones might have liked it.
Hard and fast
She's so good lookin but she looks like a man! Love John's wacky humor
It's alright
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