Back On The Chain Gang (track)
by Pretenders
Year: 1984
From the album Learning To Crawl (track #2)
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Back On The Chain Gang appears on the following album(s) by Pretenders:
- Learning To Crawl (track #2) (this album) (1984)
- Greatest Hits (track #19) (compilation) (2000)
- The Singles (track #8) (compilation) (1987)
- Pirate Radio (track #21) (compilation) (2006)
- The Isle Of View (track #4) (1995)
- Live In London (track #7) (2010)
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Condition: Used
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/11/2025 23:38 | machiaj | 8,977 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2025 18:56 | daCritic | 34,726 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2025 04:30 | SD100852 | 11,238 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2024 05:38 | brent13 | 11,031 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2024 10:52 | 14,374 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.7/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.0.
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One of the best songs of the 80s!
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