River (track)
by Joni Mitchell
River appears on the following album(s) by Joni Mitchell:
- Blue (track #8) (this album) (1971)
- Hits (track #12) (compilation) (1996)
- The Studio Albums 1968-1979 (track #40) (compilation) (2012)
- Songs Of A Prairie Girl (track #10) (compilation) (2005)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #102) (compilation) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago |  imacgill | 33,653 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 07:15 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 01:29 | stareaterogni0n | 6,691 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.0/100, a mean average of 88.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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Onater 04/08/2017 02:59 | #188881
This is my favourite version of Jingle Bells
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