Snake Oil (track)
by Steve Earle
Year: 1988
From the album Copperhead Road (track #2)
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Snake Oil appears on the following album(s) by Steve Earle:
- Copperhead Road (track #2) (this album) (1988)
- Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator (track #6) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 11/30/2025 17:09 |  pedro1976 | 5,517 | 75/100 | |
| 03/09/2024 22:28 | Pluto11 | 27,423 | 76/100 | |
| 02/26/2024 08:35 | spinout | 38,923 | 83/100 | |
| 11/24/2023 18:20 | LosWochos | 310,719 | 80/100 | |
| 06/25/2022 14:13 | daCritic | 35,111 | 76/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 6.7.
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