The Way It Is (track)
by The Strokes
Year: 2003
From the album Room On Fire (track #9)
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The Way It Is appears on the following album(s) by The Strokes:
- Room On Fire (track #9) (this album) (2003)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 20:43 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 16:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 166,555 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2026 17:31 |  NowhereMan | 14,722 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 16:41 | michelefarina | 354 | 89/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 22:01 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 21% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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This song just sounds terrible. Especially the drums, wtf happened? Were the drums recorded with a laptop camera?
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