Round Goes The Gossip (track)
by Focus
Round Goes The Gossip appears on the following album(s) by Focus:
- Focus III (track #1) (this album) (1972)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/02/2026 20:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,116 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 11:52 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,692 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2024 13:41 |  Tamthebam | 46,340 | 79/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 4.9.
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I don't think this is the perfect opener, despite the instrumental craftmanship
