Fifteen Keys (track)
by Uncle Tupelo
Fifteen Keys appears on the following album(s) by Uncle Tupelo:
- Anodyne (track #9) (this album) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 04/16/2026 20:11 | Fevernova | 34,535 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2026 08:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 175,480 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 00:36 |  Purplepash | 35,635 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 12% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/19/2016 22:46 | #173105
I really don't know that the "fifteen keys" Jay Farrar sings of in this song are all about, though I've always wondered if it is in some way a metaphor for responsibility and trust. A wise person I once knew told me his "key" theory of life, which is that the more keys a man has on his keychain, the more trustworthy he is (because he's been entrusted with things that people keep locked up). I have no idea if Jay Farrar was thinking about anything like that when he wrote this song, but I always think about that when I hear it. This one doesn't get a ton of love on this site, but it's one of the album's best--one that makes great use of Max Johnston's lap steel.
