Stretch Out And Wait (track)
by The Smiths
Year: 1987
From the album Louder Than Bombs (track #20)
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Stretch Out And Wait appears on the following album(s) by The Smiths:
- Louder Than Bombs (track #20) (this album) (compilation) (1987)
- The World Won't Listen (track #13) (compilation) (1987)
- Complete (track #83) (compilation) (2011)
- Complete (track #108) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/30/2026 10:58 |  DommeDamian | 78,969 | 51/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2026 01:21 | Fritz | 4,474 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 03:29 | Sonoffatboy | 3,974 | 81/100 |
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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 82.9/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.0.
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