Freedom Rider (track)
by Traffic
Year: 1970
From the album John Barleycorn Must Die (track #2)
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Freedom Rider appears on the following album(s) by Traffic:
- John Barleycorn Must Die (track #2) (this album) (1970)
- Smiling Phases (track #18) (compilation) (1991)
- Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic (track #11) (compilation) (2000)
- Gold (track #17) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/05/2026 12:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,049 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 04:32 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2025 04:19 |  AAL2014 | 40,354 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2025 19:33 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2025 17:05 | byuzak | 32,959 | 78/100 |
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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 84.0/100, a mean average of 84.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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One of my favorite Traffic songs! Steve Winwood shows off some serious pipes while accompanied by some seriously great piano, sax, flute and bass. This is Traffic firing on all cylinders.
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