Big In Japan (track)
by Tom Waits
Year: 1999
From the album Mule Variations (track #1)
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Big In Japan appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Mule Variations (track #1) (this album) (1999)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 14:26 | bonnequestion | 17,300 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 20:17 |  JR | 3,546 | 88/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 15:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,198 | 71/100 |
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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 83.6/100, a mean average of 84.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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