What If We Give It Away? (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1986
From the album Lifes Rich Pageant (track #9)
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What If We Give It Away? appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Lifes Rich Pageant (track #9) (this album) (1986)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/18/2025 05:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,928 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 08:36 |  NowhereMan | 14,374 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2025 02:33 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2025 19:20 | Szyfman | 1,306 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2025 00:25 | SD100852 | 11,238 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 7% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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Brad1770 12/18/2017 13:33 | #203449
The only track on Life I don’t particularly like, a massive shame as it spoils the “Perfect “ rating. R.EM should have left this one off & kept Life at 11 tracks
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