Ask (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1987
From the album The World Won't Listen (track #2)
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Ask appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Louder Than Bombs (track #13) (compilation) (1987)
- The World Won't Listen (track #2) (this album) (compilation) (1987)
- The Sound Of The Smiths (track #17) (compilation) (2008)
- Singles (track #12) (compilation) (1995)
- ...Best II (track #4) (compilation) (1992)
- The Very Best Of The Smiths (track #4) (compilation) (2001)
- Rank (track #4) (1988)
- Complete (track #44) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #72) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #101) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2024 07:24 |  Tamthebam | 45,516 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2024 17:23 | LosWochos | 315,923 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2023 09:26 | MaxStorm98 | 51,527 | 99/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2022 11:13 | AndyLish79 | 13,218 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2022 21:57 | Fevernova | 34,542 | 82/100 |
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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 85.2/100, a mean average of 85.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 17.3.
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Romanelli 04/07/2014 18:42 | #108749
Great, catchy, upbeat single. Why they seemed to save their best for non album singles....
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