A Design For Life (track)
by Manic Street Preachers
Year: 1996
From the album Everything Must Go (track #2)
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A Design For Life appears on the following album(s) by Manic Street Preachers:
- Everything Must Go (track #2) (this album) (1996)
- Forever Delayed (The Greatest Hits) (track #1) (compilation) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/29/2026 22:43 | jl45 | 83 | 68/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2026 00:58 | Spartakist | 2,668 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 23:36 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,697 | 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 88.0/100, a mean average of 87.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/17/2012 01:31 | #52462
Incredible song, can't get enough of it. Even if the Manics can get a bit over the top, this song couldn't have been performed better by any other band!
Squonk007 09/26/2025 21:39 | #311103
Not many things moved me in the 90s but this did...awesome. (Edited)
Cool song.
