How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1996
From the album New Adventures In Hi-Fi (track #1)
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How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- New Adventures In Hi-Fi (track #1) (this album) (1996)
- Complete Studio Albums 1988-1996 (track #47) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/14/2025 15:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 51,264 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 21:05 |  NowhereMan | 14,121 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2025 16:39 |  slatsheit | 2,142 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2025 21:59 | kinginsomniac12 | 4,398 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2025 17:31 | byuzak | 32,684 | 78/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.4/100, a mean average of 84.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.8.
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