My Old Man (track)
by Joni Mitchell
My Old Man appears on the following album(s) by Joni Mitchell:
- Blue (track #2) (this album) (1971)
- The Studio Albums 1968-1979 (track #34) (compilation) (2012)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #103) (compilation) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 20 hours ago | Rayzer6 | 19,598 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2026 01:46 |  imacgill | 33,837 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 07:13 | Siromynian | 20,223 | 71/100 |
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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 84.5/100, a mean average of 84.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/08/2022 20:54 | #287214
I’ve seen this track get the short end of the stick with a number of people, podcasts, and other reviews claiming it as Blue’s weak link.
Is My Old Man the best song on the record? Nah. But it’s an amazing track 2? Absolutely. Is the piano movement/vocal melody so iconically Joni? Yessir.
corenfro TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/28/2020 00:45 | #250608
Such a great vocal line "me and those lonesome blues"
Pretty good one
