Beside You (track)
by Van Morrison
Year: 1968
From the album Astral Weeks (track #2)
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Beside You appears on the following album(s) by Van Morrison:
- Astral Weeks (track #2) (this album) (1968)
- Bang Masters (track #14) (compilation) (1991)
- T.B. Sheets (track #2) (compilation) (1973)
- Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl (track #2) (2009)
- This Is Where I Came In (track #4) (compilation) (1977)
- Payin' Dues (track #9) (compilation) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2026 11:55 | Siromynian | 20,192 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 18:07 | Rivera | 347 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2026 22:58 |  Cheddar | 5,459 | 79/100 |
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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 84.4/100, a mean average of 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.
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A little too slow and all over the place for my taste, but still a fine song nonetheless. (Edited)
Too perfect for this world.
