The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (track) by The Smiths
Year: 1984
From the album The Smiths (track #5)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- The Smiths (track #5) (this album) (1984)
- Complete (track #5) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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75/100  | 04/21/2024 08:42 | Tuur | | 81/100 |
100/100 | 04/04/2024 13:38 | phmusic | | 100/100 |
85/100 | 02/16/2024 17:09 | migl | | 86/100 |
100/100 | 01/31/2024 23:28 | r0b07 | | 90/100 |
80/100 | 01/08/2024 02:55 |  imacgill | | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.1/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.
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Martini 11/01/2020 15:32
One of the first songs Morrissy and Marr wrote together. Their brilliant combination immediately shows in the beautiful music and gorgeous lyrics. One of their most beautiful songs in my opinion, and that says a lot when talking about The Smiths.
DriftingOrpheus 03/31/2020 07:30
Simply the most underrated piece of music the Manchester boys ever put out. Lovely song that is devastatingly poignant.
Musically repetitive, as it sits on one chord progression from beginning to end, but nonetheless beautiful. The final "I did my best for her" repeating section is so gorgeous.
GandalfORiley345 06/22/2014 18:08
So, this is the song that rocks the cradle, amazing sound, acceptable, decent, incredibly good in my words, I´m sure of that
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