The Only Flame In Town (track)
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Year: 1984
From the album Goodbye Cruel World (track #1)
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The Only Flame In Town appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello And The Attractions:
- The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (track #19) (compilation) (1985)
- Goodbye Cruel World (track #1) (this album) (1984)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/19/2025 08:01 | MaxStorm98 | 51,524 | 99/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2024 11:05 | phmusic | 73,577 | 100/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2022 08:58 | LosWochos | 317,311 | 80/100 |
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Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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