The Sign Of The Southern Cross (track)
by Black Sabbath
Year: 1981
From the album Mob Rules (track #3)
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The Sign Of The Southern Cross appears on the following album(s) by Black Sabbath:
- Mob Rules (track #3) (this album) (1981)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/16/2025 11:57 | platus | 31,846 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/02/2025 02:59 | Banner | 4,823 | 94/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2025 14:07 |  doombringer | 12,471 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2024 05:09 | bonnequestion | 16,097 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2024 04:17 | dougcummings | 23,544 | 69/100 |
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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 85.9/100, a mean average of 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.3.
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Squonk007 06/03/2024 18:00 | #303830
Another excellent track, full of power.
Fischman 01/20/2017 18:07 | #183550
One of the Dio-era Sabbath epics. Dark, moody, heavy.
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