The Weight (track)
by The Band
Year: 1968
From the album Music From Big Pink (track #5)
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The Weight appears on the following album(s) by The Band:
- Music From Big Pink (track #5) (this album) (1968)
- Rock Of Ages (The Band In Concert) (track #11) (1972)
- Greatest Hits (track #1) (compilation) (2000)
- To Kingdom Come (track #6) (compilation) (1989)
- Palladium Circles (track #4) (2015)
- Anthology (track #1) (compilation) (1978)
- The Best Of The Band (track #3) (compilation) (1976)
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The Weight ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 2 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | 184,676 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2026 15:54 |  HoldenM | 10,398 | 90/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2026 01:54 | stareaterogni0n | 7,159 | 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 91.1/100, a mean average of 90.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2012 23:52 | #35678
Just simply a well written classic. Great vocals, sounds like a true group effort. (Edited)
GandalfORiley345 02/11/2015 04:16 | #134689
May be the most beautiful, fresh song in the work, just an immortal classic
Truly one of the best songs ever written. So genuine and masterful, yet simple and relatable. It is a great story set to wonderfully pleasing music by one of the best groups of all time. (Edited)
I like it but I won't say it is their anthem
One of the best songs of the 60s
