Circumstances (track)
by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

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Circumstances appears on the following album(s) by Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band:

• Clear Spot (track #4) (this album) (1972)
• Double Dynamite: The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot (track #14) (compilation) (1972)

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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 23.0.

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