16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six (track)
by Tom Waits
Year: 1983
From the album Swordfishtrombones (track #5)
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16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Swordfishtrombones (track #5) (this album) (1983)
- Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years (track #19) (compilation) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/06/2026 19:15 |  HoldenM | 8,104 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 12:31 |  Tamthebam | 44,636 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 09:32 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 05:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,956 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 08:54 | TradeShark | 4,948 | 30/100 |
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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 86.7/100, a mean average of 86.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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