Ball And Chain (track)
by XTC
Year: 1982
From the album English Settlement (track #2)
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Ball And Chain appears on the following album(s) by XTC:
- English Settlement (track #2) (this album) (1982)
- Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 (track #15) (compilation) (1996)
- The Compact XTC: The Singles 1978-85 (track #12) (compilation) (1987)
- Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 (track #12) (compilation) (1982)
- Upsy Daisy Assortment (track #6) (compilation) (1997)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/13/2026 13:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 100,917 | 71/100 | |
| 12/19/2025 04:09 |  AAL2014 | 37,544 | 76/100 | |
| 06/10/2025 09:33 | TradeShark | 4,948 | 30/100 | |
| 01/27/2025 23:23 | matterhornrider | 23,006 | 86/100 | |
| 11/11/2024 11:35 | AndyLish79 | 13,192 | 84/100 |
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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 83.0/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.0.
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