So Cruel (track)
by U2

Album
So Cruel by U2
Year: 1991
From the album Achtung Baby (track #6)
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 315 votes)
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So Cruel ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 315 votes)
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 !		07/01/2026 09:52 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  20,12671/100
 
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 !		05/18/2026 20:04 mash  Ratings distribution  4,64992/100
 
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 !		04/24/2026 15:20 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  2,37860/100

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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 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.0.


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90/100
From 07/30/2015 02:30 | #146713
Holy shit what a track
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85/100
From 01/14/2018 13:59 | #205470
Love it, but is not on my top favorites U2's songs
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From 12/03/2013 15:30 | #96227
Good/Great song
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From 07/31/2019 23:11 | #240611
Beautiful!
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