It Doesn't Have To Be That Way (track)
by Jim Croce
Year: 1973
From the album Life And Times (track #11)
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It Doesn't Have To Be That Way appears on the following album(s) by Jim Croce:
- The Very Best Of (track #10) (compilation) (1998)
- Life And Times (track #11) (this album) (1973)
- Lost Time In A Bottle (track #11) (compilation) (2014)
- Time In A Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs (track #6) (compilation) (1976)
- Greatest Hits (track #14) (compilation) (1974)
- The Singles (track #6) (compilation) (2000)
- The 50th Anniversary Collection (track #30) (compilation) (1992)
- Songbook (track #18) (compilation) (1988)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/01/2026 11:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,065 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 12:51 | mjp11 | 10,300 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2025 04:02 |  AAL2014 | 41,404 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 21% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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