Barbarism Begins At Home (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1985
From the album Meat Is Murder (track #8)
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Barbarism Begins At Home appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Meat Is Murder (track #8) (this album) (1985)
- The Sound Of The Smiths (track #10) (compilation) (2008)
- Complete (track #19) (compilation) (2011)
Condition: Used
Condition: Used
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 48 hours ago | araidernomore | 4,703 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2026 09:26 | libbyshuss | 887 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 23:48 | Fritz | 4,394 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2026 18:25 | BurndenAce | 5,825 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 09:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 134,288 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.2/100, a mean average of 86.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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i might have fell in love with the bass line
Top 3 Smiths song for me. Love the bass and Moz vocals.
Pretty good, just it


