Second Guessing (track)
by R.E.M.
Second Guessing appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Reckoning (track #6) (this album) (1984)
- Live At The Olympia In Dublin 39 Songs (track #2) (2009)
- R.E.M. At The BBC (track #31) (compilation) (2018)
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| ! | 18 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | 179,585 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2026 11:50 |  VictorVale | 44,511 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 14:57 | stareaterogni0n | 6,868 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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Kalos 08/30/2014 16:51 | #120808
nice, but the 2009 live version is far better!
This album is good for fast song.
