Needle In The Hay (track)
by Elliott Smith
Year: 1995
From the album Elliott Smith (track #1)
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Needle In The Hay appears on the following album(s) by Elliott Smith:
- Elliott Smith (track #1) (this album) (1995)
- An Introduction to... Elliott Smith (track #7) (compilation) (2010)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/20/2026 21:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,647 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 23:25 | BorderFreeAndrew | 5,484 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 23:41 | culwin | 22,903 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 19:58 |  AAL2014 | 41,026 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 02:57 | stareaterogni0n | 6,284 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.4/100, a mean average of 89.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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