Lonely (track)
by Tom Waits
Lonely appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Closing Time (track #8) (this album) (1973)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/30/2026 16:11 |  HoldenM | 8,072 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 14:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,721 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2025 12:47 |  DommeDamian | 73,168 | 51/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2025 02:50 |  AAL2014 | 35,372 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2025 19:06 |  dihansse | 67,033 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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buzzdainer 09/03/2016 16:35 | #174187
Tom Waits repeats the word "lonely" so many times in this song it definitely has its intended effect, especially as I sit here listening to it in my office, all alone in my building, on a Saturday morning. What am I doing here, again? Ah, yes. Working.
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