Broken Bird (track)
by John Cale

Album
Broken Bird by John Cale
Year: 1982
From the album Music For A New Society (track #6)
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 25 votes)
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 25 votes)
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 !		04/03/2026 22:31 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  170,30771/100
 
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 80.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 18.2.


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