If You Were Still Around (track)
by John Cale

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Music For A New Society (10 tracks)

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If You Were Still Around appears on the following album(s) by John Cale:

• Music For A New Society (track #4) (this album) (1982)
• Close Watch: An Introduction To John Cale (track #14) (compilation) (1999)
• M:FANS (track #2) (2016)

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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 81.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 19.5.

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