Cruel To Be Kind (track)
by Nick Lowe
Year: 1979
From the album Labour Of Lust (track #1)
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Cruel To Be Kind appears on the following album(s) by Nick Lowe:
- Labour Of Lust (track #1) (this album) (1979)
- Basher: The Best Of Nick Lowe (track #14) (compilation) (1989)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 21:28 | phmusic | 73,429 | 100/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2026 08:34 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,674 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 16:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,068 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2025 19:57 |  dihansse | 68,325 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2025 12:45 | daCritic | 38,189 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.5/100, a mean average of 86.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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Great single from an underrated artist
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