A Short Term Effect (track)
by The Cure
Year: 1982
From the album Pornography (track #2)
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A Short Term Effect appears on the following album(s) by The Cure:
- Pornography (track #2) (this album) (1982)
- À L'Olympia 7.6.1982 (track #3) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/23/2026 14:42 | wizardalien | 9,139 | 63/100 | |
| 03/22/2026 20:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 97,711 | 71/100 | |
| 11/10/2025 16:52 |  swed | 3,662 | 88/100 | |
| 07/23/2025 02:39 |  imacgill | 31,455 | 81/100 | |
| 04/17/2025 09:13 | byuzak | 32,887 | 78/100 |
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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 80.8/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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