Burma-Shave (track)
by Tom Waits
Burma-Shave appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Foreign Affairs (track #7) (this album) (1977)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/26/2025 01:50 |  AAL2014 | 34,284 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2025 16:08 | MaxStorm98 | 51,483 | 99/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2024 20:01 |  dihansse | 66,546 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2024 19:54 | phmusic | 62,859 | 100/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2023 16:12 |  Jboy56 | 39,199 | 78/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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