Close As You'll Ever Be (track)
by The Boomtown Rats
Year: 1977
From the album The Boomtown Rats (track #7)
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Close As You'll Ever Be appears on the following album(s) by The Boomtown Rats:
- The Boomtown Rats (track #7) (this album) (1977)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/21/2026 12:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 100,917 | 71/100 | |
| 08/20/2024 10:23 |  Tamthebam | 45,059 | 79/100 | |
| 07/19/2024 02:47 | LammyTS1 | 12,124 | 56/100 | |
| 09/28/2023 16:16 |  Jboy56 | 39,183 | 78/100 | |
| 11/22/2021 20:46 |  dihansse | 67,694 | 76/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.1.
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