Special Needs (track)
by Placebo
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Year: 2003
From the album Sleeping With Ghosts (track #8)
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Special Needs appears on the following album(s) by Placebo:
- Sleeping With Ghosts (track #8) (this album) (2003)
- Once More With Feeling (Singles 1996-2004) (track #15) (compilation) (2004)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/27/2026 16:09 |  Goliath | 10,962 | 80/100 | |
| 06/19/2024 11:37 |  doombringer | 13,698 | 74/100 | |
| 04/29/2024 05:03 |  Leonard | 33,654 | 75/100 | |
| 12/28/2023 14:25 | DaaN | 5,275 | 74/100 | |
| 10/31/2023 11:11 | daCritic | 35,135 | 76/100 |
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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 85.8/100, a mean average of 86.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.9.
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The sound of the synthesizer for the second part of the song is miserable. This "hidden" part 2 contributes nothing. It is only degrading what came first.
One of their best songs
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