The Sporting Life (track)
by The Decemberists
Year: 2005
From the album Picaresque (track #4)
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The Sporting Life appears on the following album(s) by The Decemberists:
- Picaresque (track #4) (this album) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 06:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 172,096 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2025 17:21 |  ExTeaSea | 13,298 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2025 18:51 | bonnequestion | 17,267 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.7/100, a mean average of 83.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.7.
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