Is It Really So Strange? (track)
by The Smiths
Is It Really So Strange? appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Louder Than Bombs (track #1) (compilation) (1987)
- Rank (track #8) (this album) (1988)
- Complete (track #48) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #89) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 19:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 166,696 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2023 17:38 |  pedro1976 | 6,047 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2021 00:40 | OrionHCCA | 14,773 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2020 22:35 | JAP12345 | 15,388 | 93/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2019 01:01 |  Purplepash | 35,403 | 76/100 |
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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 81.5/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 20.2.
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