We Used To Wait (track)
by Arcade Fire

We Used To Wait by Arcade Fire
Year: 2010
From the album The Suburbs (track #12)
Average Rating: 
87/100 (from 610 votes)
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Average Rating: 
87/100 (from 610 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.6/100, a mean average of 85.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.


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From 08/27/2015 14:44 | #148668
Among their best songs
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From 07/05/2014 20:57 | #116108
now THIS is a good song
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From 05/16/2014 02:15 | #111939
Greatest song from the album and by Something, with this song, I can wait fot whatever
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From 03/30/2013 16:01 | #70622
One of my album favs
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