The Drugs Don't Work (track)
by The Verve
Year: 1997
From the album Urban Hymns (track #4)
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The Drugs Don't Work appears on the following album(s) by The Verve:
- Urban Hymns (track #4) (this album) (1997)
- This Is Music: The Singles 92–98 (track #10) (compilation) (2004)
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| 02/12/2026 15:54 | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 | |
| 11/21/2025 01:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,899 | 70/100 | |
| 10/02/2025 20:21 | daCritic | 35,111 | 76/100 | |
| 08/23/2025 08:24 | 308 | 96/100 | ||
| 07/22/2025 12:52 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.9/100, a mean average of 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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It is a 90's classic, actually underated on this site I think
It's one of those rare no 1 hit singles (in the UK at least) where you totally agree that the public has made the right choice. Come on Eileen was another one.
Lovely, and extremely good song
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