Life And How To Live It (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1985
From the album Fables Of The Reconstruction (track #4)
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Life And How To Live It appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Fables Of The Reconstruction (track #4) (this album) (1985)
- Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (track #8) (compilation) (2011)
- And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (track #15) (compilation) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/22/2026 04:55 | LordMark | 4,787 | 97/100 | |
| 01/06/2026 00:38 | Gedster | 416 | 72/100 | |
| 12/15/2025 03:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,710 | 70/100 | |
| 12/04/2025 19:06 | Joe4242 | 157 | 88/100 | |
| 11/13/2025 12:03 |  NowhereMan | 14,374 | 85/100 |
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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 80.7/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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It seems like Daydream Nation is mainly influenced by this song. Music is so similar.
I absolutely LOVE this song. This is perhaps my favorite R.E.M. track!
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