New York Telephone Conversation (track)
by Lou Reed
Year: 1972
From the album Transformer (track #9)
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New York Telephone Conversation appears on the following album(s) by Lou Reed:
- Transformer (track #9) (this album) (1972)
- Walk On The Wild Side: The Best Of Lou Reed (track #5) (compilation) (1977)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/11/2026 14:27 | alexandermause | 15,347 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 14:34 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 18:00 | Gedster | 384 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 19:41 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 08:58 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 17% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.
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TheDude85 02/18/2022 20:45 | #281506
Awesome Lou Reed lyrics.
tgarritsen 03/13/2015 01:11 | #136648
Such a little song but it fits perfect.
GandalfORiley345 05/10/2014 05:54 | #111419
Why this song is very underrated? I Think it´s another incredible Reed´s song
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