Holding Back The Years (track)
by Simply Red
Year: 1985
From the album Picture Book (track #7)
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Holding Back The Years appears on the following album(s) by Simply Red:
- Picture Book (track #7) (this album) (1985)
- It's Only Love (track #2) (compilation) (2000)
- Greatest Hits (track #1) (compilation) (1996)
- Simplified (track #3) (2005)
- 25 (The Greatest Hits) (track #4) (compilation) (2008)
- Live In Cuba Volume Two (track #3) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 04/15/2026 10:05 | LammyTS1 | 12,124 | 56/100 | |
| 05/12/2025 00:02 | machiaj | 9,085 | 74/100 | |
| 04/09/2025 14:25 | habibi333 | 2,570 | 64/100 | |
| 01/29/2025 20:07 | TrekkiELO | 2,132 | 99/100 | |
| 01/28/2025 12:45 |  doombringer | 13,991 | 74/100 |
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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 86.0/100, a mean average of 87.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.7.
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