Before Departure (track)
by PJ Harvey
Year: 2007
From the album White Chalk (track #10)
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Before Departure appears on the following album(s) by PJ Harvey:
- White Chalk (track #10) (this album) (2007)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 11/27/2025 18:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,968 | 71/100 | |
| 11/10/2025 03:35 |  AAL2014 | 35,923 | 76/100 | |
| 03/03/2025 08:49 |  Purplepash | 33,786 | 76/100 | |
| 11/29/2024 18:03 | Pepeov | 6,377 | 78/100 | |
| 06/29/2024 16:58 | Johnnyo | 43,174 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.3.
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