The Other Way Of Stopping (track)
by The Police
Year: 1980
From the album Zenyatta Mondatta (track #11)
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The Other Way Of Stopping appears on the following album(s) by The Police:
- Zenyatta Mondatta (track #11) (this album) (1980)
- Message In A Box (track #42) (compilation) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/01/2026 20:56 | markl73 | 7,230 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 20:59 |  serpico | 3,970 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 11:10 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.2.
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