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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| 6 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | 81,005 | 71/100 | |
| 03/03/2026 12:43 | stareaterogni0n | 3,784 | 72/100 | |
| 03/01/2026 23:14 | 3,502 | 88/100 | ||
| 12/25/2025 16:39 | sunnydhamm | 18,449 | 57/100 | |
| 11/19/2025 15:34 | timosbuecherei | 3,277 | 60/100 |
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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 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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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'.
Some of the best lyrics ever written.
Remembers me the first album, one or two songs from it, really good, in some ways too good and powerful
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