Cruel (track)
by St. Vincent
Cruel appears on the following album(s) by St. Vincent:
- Strange Mercy (track #2) (this album) (2011)
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Cruel ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/14/2026 13:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,159 | 70/100 | |
| 08/30/2025 17:31 | gmessian | 1,472 | 55/100 | |
| 04/13/2025 21:00 | JPin8497 | 4,692 | 80/100 | |
| 09/27/2024 19:07 | Banner | 4,825 | 94/100 | |
| 02/28/2024 05:52 |  cestuneblague | 387 | 92/100 |
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Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.4/100, a mean average of 88.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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