Better Off Without A Wife (track)
by Tom Waits
Year: 1975
From the album Nighthawks At The Diner (track #8)
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Better Off Without A Wife appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Nighthawks At The Diner (track #8) (this album) (1975)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/01/2026 21:07 |  HoldenM | 10,053 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 04:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 172,894 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 18:13 |  Norshammar | 1,424 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.8/100, a mean average of 84.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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