Rock And A Hard Place (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1989
From the album Steel Wheels (track #7)
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Rock And A Hard Place appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones (track #9) (compilation) (1993)
- Steel Wheels (track #7) (this album) (1989)
- Flashpoint (track #5) (1991)
- Live At The Tokyo Dome (track #9) (2012)
- Honk (track #13) (compilation) (2019)
- Steel Wheels Live Atlantic City New Jersey (track #12) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/25/2025 14:29 | daCritic | 33,741 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2025 20:40 |  ExTeaSea | 12,165 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2025 01:55 | Garyf1972 | 8,018 | 62/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2025 14:48 | AndyLish79 | 12,743 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2025 13:18 | Fevernova | 34,263 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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A blistering start to side two. Easily one of the best tracks on the album. Its big, powerful and passionate. A brilliant start to the stronger second side.
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