Bird On The Wire (track)
by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1969
From the album Songs From A Room (track #1)
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Bird On The Wire appears on the following album(s) by Leonard Cohen:
- Songs From A Room (track #1) (this album) (1969)
- Live In London (track #4) (2009)
- The Complete Studio Albums Collection (track #11) (compilation) (2011)
- Songs From The Road (track #2) (2010)
- Cohen Live (track #2) (1994)
- Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (track #2) (2009)
- Live Songs (track #4) (1973)
- Field Commander Cohen: Tour Of 1979 (track #11) (2000)
- Live In Dublin (track #3) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/15/2025 22:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 49,669 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 12:08 | plasmicmist | 7,423 | 90/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 10:30 |  doombringer | 12,410 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 16:27 | BurndenAce | 4,304 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2025 13:50 |  AAL2014 | 35,044 | 76/100 |
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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 86.5/100, a mean average of 87.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.9.
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