Oliver's Army (track)
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Year: 1979
From the album Armed Forces (track #3)
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Oliver's Army appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello And The Attractions:
- Armed Forces (track #3) (this album) (1979)
- The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (track #4) (compilation) (1985)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977–86 (track #7) (compilation) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/06/2026 19:41 | Spartakist | 2,508 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 02:30 |  AAL2014 | 41,658 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 01:34 | stareaterogni0n | 6,527 | 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 88.9/100, a mean average of 89.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.0.
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