The Idea (track)
by Adam And The Ants
Year: 1979
From the album Dirk Wears White Sox (track #11)
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The Idea appears on the following album(s) by Adam And The Ants:
- Dirk Wears White Sox (track #11) (this album) (1979)
- The Collection (track #6) (compilation) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 00:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,174 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2025 17:30 |  an-outlaw | 2,149 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/02/2025 21:55 | culwin | 22,661 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2023 21:03 |  Jboy56 | 39,183 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2023 11:01 | Kali | 7,909 | 74/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.2.
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