Idiot Prayer (track)
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Year: 1997
From the album The Boatman's Call (track #10)
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Idiot Prayer appears on the following album(s) by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds:
- The Boatman's Call (track #10) (this album) (1997)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/12/2026 21:08 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 11/30/2025 18:26 | Johnnyo | 43,442 | 80/100 | |
| 11/25/2025 03:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 97,463 | 71/100 | |
| 07/13/2025 21:00 |  Montpejo | 7,910 | 76/100 | |
| 01/25/2025 03:41 | Toffuey | 2,277 | 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 82.6/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.0.
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Most beautiful song EVER.
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