The Shortest Straw (track)
by Metallica
Year: 1988
From the album ...And Justice For All (track #5)
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The Shortest Straw appears on the following album(s) by Metallica:
- ...And Justice For All (track #5) (this album) (1988)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/15/2026 05:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,621 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 17:36 | bonnequestion | 16,218 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 09:59 | Musicmister9988 | 1,149 | 98/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2025 00:34 |  ExTeaSea | 12,448 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2025 12:08 | spinout | 38,487 | 83/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 11% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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AAL2014 06/25/2016 01:04 | #169673
Heavy song. Great progressive arrangement and attitude. Too bad they can't pull it off live very well these days.
Anti 05/13/2014 17:58 | #111674
Really fun riff!
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