The Good Son (track)
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Year: 1990
From the album The Good Son (track #2)
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 100 votes)
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The Good Son
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Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 100 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.3/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.1.


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