The Pirate Of Penance (track)
by Joni Mitchell
Year: 1968
From the album Song To A Seagull (track #8)
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The Pirate Of Penance appears on the following album(s) by Joni Mitchell:
- Song To A Seagull (track #8) (this album) (1968)
- The Studio Albums 1968-1979 (track #8) (compilation) (2012)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #22) (compilation) (2021)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #45) (compilation) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2025 16:07 |  Igtonumama | 31,393 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2024 21:58 | brent13 | 10,909 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2024 00:18 |  AAL2014 | 34,141 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2024 06:02 |  slatsheit | 2,130 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2024 14:07 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,383 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.0/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.6.
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poppmusic 01/06/2016 07:47 | #155917
This song is ridiculously innovative, only with artists today like Joanna Newsom are we matching the capacity of this song to tell not one, but multiple perspectives in a song's story, as well as the particularly enchanting delivery.
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