The Way Things Are (track)
by Fiona Apple
Year: 1999
From the album When The Pawn... (track #8)
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The Way Things Are appears on the following album(s) by Fiona Apple:
- When The Pawn... (track #8) (this album) (1999)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/09/2026 22:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 100,917 | 71/100 | |
| 01/20/2026 11:43 | Robert_fripp | 882 | 86/100 | |
| 07/01/2025 22:17 | Smith | 2,723 | 84/100 | |
| 02/14/2025 06:07 | Toffuey | 2,277 | 85/100 | |
| 02/07/2025 13:18 | Johnnyo | 43,560 | 80/100 |
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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 84.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.8.
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