Shock The Monkey (track)
by Peter Gabriel
Shock The Monkey appears on the following album(s) by Peter Gabriel:
- Peter Gabriel (1982) (track #5) (1982)
- 07.06.03 Montreal, QC (track #17) (2003)
- Plays Live (track #13) (this album) (1983)
- Shaking The Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats (track #12) (compilation) (1990)
- Back To Front: Live In London (track #3) (2014)
- Live In Athens 1987 (track #3) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/14/2025 22:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 55,098 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2025 13:07 | machiaj | 8,895 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2024 09:53 |  doombringer | 12,471 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2022 06:10 | MrOlan | 6,955 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2020 15:23 | mostlymor | 86,255 | 80/100 |
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(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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