Half A Person (track)
by The Smiths
Half A Person appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Louder Than Bombs (track #5) (this album) (compilation) (1987)
- The World Won't Listen (track #12) (compilation) (1987)
- Best...I (track #6) (compilation) (1992)
- Complete (track #82) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #93) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/29/2025 04:44 |  imacgill | 30,827 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 03:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,849 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 11:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 23:09 |  Superunknown | 507 | 86/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2025 01:48 | matterhornrider | 22,703 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.0/100, a mean average of 87.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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"In the days when you were hopelessly poor, I just liked you more"·
One of the Smiths' dreamiest and most addicting tracks. An alltime favorite.
poppmusic 09/05/2016 04:12 | #174310
Great track as is. Must admit I love the misheard lyric: "Sixteen, clumsy and shy- I went to London and died"
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