The Stranger Song (track)
by Leonard Cohen

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The Stranger Song by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1967
From the album Songs Of Leonard Cohen (track #4)

Average Rating: 

85/100 (from 214 votes)

     

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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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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.6/100, a mean average of 83.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.2.

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90/100

From 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.

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From PeterSmith 01/30/2021 15:20 | #265356

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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