How To Say Goodbye (track)
by The Magnetic Fields
Year: 1999
From the album 69 Love Songs (track #64)
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How To Say Goodbye appears on the following album(s) by The Magnetic Fields:
- 69 Love Songs (track #64) (this album) (1999)

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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/28/2026 18:39 | phmusic | 73,568 | 100/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2026 04:23 | stareaterogni0n | 6,364 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 17:26 | 44,263 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.4.
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