First Few Desparate Hours (track)
by The Mountain Goats
Year: 2002
From the album Tallahassee (track #2)
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First Few Desparate Hours appears on the following album(s) by The Mountain Goats:
- Tallahassee (track #2) (this album) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/16/2025 11:56 |  Igtonumama | 31,393 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2024 03:06 |  AAL2014 | 35,241 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2023 20:48 | MaxStorm98 | 51,529 | 99/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2023 09:23 | Fertu | 40,982 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2023 23:24 | daCritic | 34,441 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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