The Big Foist (track)
by Minutemen
Year: 1984
From the album Double Nickels On The Dime (track #17)
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The Big Foist appears on the following album(s) by Minutemen:
- Double Nickels On The Dime (track #17) (this album) (1984)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/14/2026 18:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,968 | 71/100 | |
| 10/12/2025 15:20 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 04/04/2025 12:39 |  DommeDamian | 73,280 | 51/100 | |
| 03/14/2025 23:27 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 | |
| 09/22/2023 16:12 | Fevernova | 34,272 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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