Boy With The Thorn In His Side (track)
by The Smiths
Boy With The Thorn In His Side appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- The World Won't Listen (track #8) (compilation) (1987)
- Singles (track #9) (this album) (compilation) (1995)
- ...Best II (track #1) (compilation) (1992)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/20/2026 13:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,897 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 22:06 | mrmcrook | 12,751 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2023 09:27 | MaxStorm98 | 51,524 | 99/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2021 17:16 |  DanaceoG | 2,501 | 66/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2020 08:47 |  Purplepash | 35,541 | 76/100 |
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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 84.5/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 19.6.
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