The Importance Of Being Idle (track)
by Oasis
Year: 2005
From the album Don't Believe The Truth (track #5)
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The Importance Of Being Idle appears on the following album(s) by Oasis:
- Don't Believe The Truth (track #5) (this album) (2005)
- Stop The Clocks (track #5) (compilation) (2006)
- Time Flies... 1994-2009 (track #15) (compilation) (2010)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/09/2025 19:07 | kinginsomniac12 | 4,398 | 100/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2025 06:19 | rkid61 | 56 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 15:01 | 8,085 | 80/100 | |
| ! | 04/23/2025 16:18 | wizardalien | 8,688 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2024 17:45 | mash | 4,190 | 92/100 |
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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 83.7/100, a mean average of 82.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 16.6.
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Easily the best song of the album.
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