When My Baby's Beside Me (track) by Big Star
Year: 1972
From the album #1 Record (track #7)


When My Baby's Beside Me appears on the following album(s) by Big Star:
- #1 Record (track #7) (this album) (1972)
- #1 Record/Radio City (track #7) (compilation) (1978)
- Nothing Can Hurt Me (track #4) (2013)
- Columbia: Live At Missouri University 4/25/93 (track #3) (1993)
- Keep An Eye On The Sky (track #11) (compilation) (2009)
- Keep An Eye On The Sky (track #79) (compilation) (2009)
- The Best Of Big Star (2017) (track #9) (compilation) (2017)
- Live At Lafayette's Music Room - Memphis, TN (track #1) (2018)
- Live In Memphis (track #3) (2014)
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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 83.9/100, a mean average of 84.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.4.
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I irrationally hate this song. I can't help it, but it just takes the "pop" in power pop waaaay too far.
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