The Drowning Man (track)
by The Cure
The Drowning Man appears on the following album(s) by The Cure:
- Faith (track #7) (this album) (1981)
- ... Happily Ever After (track #17) (compilation) (1981)
- À L'Olympia 7.6.1982 (track #2) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 05/11/2026 17:43 |  VictorVale | 43,853 | 88/100 | |
| 03/31/2026 13:03 |  Liedzeit | 10,448 | 77/100 | |
| 03/13/2026 10:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 131,805 | 71/100 | |
| 02/02/2026 15:26 |  ForegroundNoise | 29,693 | 64/100 | |
| 02/01/2026 08:57 | mikepen | 2,902 | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.8/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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Flay 04/28/2017 21:53 | #189980
This song is based on a scene from my favourite book, Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake. My username is taken from another character in this book. Good song, too.
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