The Celibate Life (track)
by The Shins
Year: 2001
From the album Oh, Inverted World (track #7)
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The Celibate Life appears on the following album(s) by The Shins:
- Oh, Inverted World (track #7) (this album) (2001)
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The Celibate Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/28/2025 01:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,752 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 04:11 |  AAL2014 | 35,306 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2025 21:54 |  HoldenM | 8,036 | 91/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2025 06:00 | jtc91 | 13,889 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2025 02:10 | brent13 | 11,022 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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This is a really good song but it suffers in comparison with what's going on around it. On another day on another album I would give it 80/100 but it's today so 75.
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