The Stranger Song (track)
by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1967
From the album Songs Of Leonard Cohen (track #4)
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The Stranger Song appears on the following album(s) by Leonard Cohen:
- Songs Of Leonard Cohen (track #4) (this album) (1967)
- The Complete Studio Albums Collection (track #4) (compilation) (2011)
- The Essential Leonard Cohen (track #2) (compilation) (2002)
- Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (track #11) (2009)
- Field Commander Cohen: Tour Of 1979 (track #7) (2000)
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| ! | 05/20/2026 07:27 | Leginlists | 477 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 21:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 139,402 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2026 02:41 | stareaterogni0n | 5,456 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2026 21:07 | wizardalien | 9,585 | 62/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 07:22 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
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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 83.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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LukasAntoine00s 12/05/2021 03:26 | #277111
La escuché por primera vez en la escena inicial de McCabe & Mrs. Miller, uno de mis western favoritos. Desde entonces la amo.
Okay track. Feels like he's leaned in closer to the mic on this one which I quite enjoy. Not sure why but the lyric - He was just some Joseph looking for a manger - just jars me a bit. But like the lyric - Like any dealer he was watching for the card, That is so high and wild, He'll never need to deal another
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