Tread Water (track)
by De La Soul
Year: 1989
From the album 3 Feet High And Rising (track #12)
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Tread Water appears on the following album(s) by De La Soul:
- 3 Feet High And Rising (track #12) (this album) (1989)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | wizardalien | 9,715 | 61/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 17:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 160,968 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 14:08 | spinout | 40,997 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2025 19:17 |  VictorVale | 44,001 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2025 17:48 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.4/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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