Nowhere Fast (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1985
From the album Meat Is Murder (track #6)
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Nowhere Fast appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Meat Is Murder (track #6) (this album) (1985)
- The Sound Of The Smiths (track #8) (compilation) (2008)
- ...Best II (track #6) (compilation) (1992)
- Complete (track #17) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/22/2026 20:14 | araidernomore | 4,769 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2026 09:26 | libbyshuss | 963 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 23:54 | Fritz | 4,405 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 09:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 166,837 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 12:43 | stareaterogni0n | 5,785 | 70/100 |
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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 85.6/100, a mean average of 84.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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"While I'm writing in my bed, I think about life and I think about death...and neither one particularly appeals to me!"
Brilliant lyrics. One of Marr's most convincing excursions into rockabilly music and a highlight off 'Meat is Murder'.
DeusExMackia 05/17/2015 15:14 | #141676
Some of the best lyrics ever written.
GandalfORiley345 06/23/2014 21:38 | #115109
Remembers me the first album, one or two songs from it, really good, in some ways too good and powerful
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