Half A Mile Away (track)
by Billy Joel
Year: 1978
From the album 52nd Street (track #7)
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Half A Mile Away appears on the following album(s) by Billy Joel:
- 52nd Street (track #7) (this album) (1978)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/01/2026 09:17 | Siromynian | 20,192 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 15:47 |  Tamthebam | 46,417 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2026 05:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,975 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 19% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.2.
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This song having a 77 might be the single worst rating on this website. If this were released as a single, it would be realized as the fun classic that it is.
