Back To The Old House (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1984
From the album Hatful Of Hollow (track #14)
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Back To The Old House appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Hatful Of Hollow (track #14) (this album) (1984)
- Louder Than Bombs (track #18) (compilation) (1987)
- Complete (track #68) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #106) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 20:59 |  HoldenM | 9,408 | 91/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 18:00 | bonnequestion | 16,966 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 15:26 |  DommeDamian | 75,425 | 51/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 21:27 | Juneof44 | 4,704 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 03:17 | Fritz | 4,405 | 85/100 |
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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 82.7/100, a mean average of 81.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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"When you cycled by, here began all my dreams."
A beautiful, intimate Smiths song and a rare exclusively acoustic performance from them. One of my alltime favorites of theirs.
This version of this track on Hatful of Hallow is far superior than the one on Louder Than Bombs
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