Levi Stubbs' Tears (track)
by Billy Bragg
Year: 1986
From the album Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (track #5)
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Levi Stubbs' Tears appears on the following album(s) by Billy Bragg:
- Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (track #5) (this album) (1986)
- Must I Paint You A Picture? (track #10) (compilation) (2003)
- Live At The Barbican (track #23) (2006)
Condition: Used
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/02/2025 16:39 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2025 02:35 | 33,942 | 76/100 | |
| ! | 01/09/2025 15:01 | AndyLish79 | 12,743 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2024 08:19 | spinout | 37,454 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2023 03:51 | 29,588 | 81/100 |
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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 84.1/100, a mean average of 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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Absolute Classic track , one of my favorite songs ever
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