Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) (track)
by Tom Waits
Year: 1973
From the album Closing Time (track #4)
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Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Closing Time (track #4) (this album) (1973)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/30/2026 15:59 |  HoldenM | 8,104 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 14:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2025 03:54 |  marazico | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 13:50 |  Repo | 5,799 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2025 12:28 |  DommeDamian | 73,217 | 51/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.8/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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buzzdainer 08/28/2016 17:38 | #173655
One of the all-time most heartbreaking breakup songs, sung over a simple acoustic guitar and drums. What works so well is the narrator's obvious conflict, while at the same time knowing the relationship has to end: "Every time that I tried to tell you that we'd / Lost the magic we had at the start / I would weep in my heart when I looked in your eyes / And I searched once again for the spark." Oh, man. Devastating.
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