Swordfishtrombone (track)
by Tom Waits
Year: 1983
From the album Swordfishtrombones (track #10)
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Swordfishtrombone appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Swordfishtrombones (track #10) (this album) (1983)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/11/2025 09:50 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 05:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 20,787 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 09:20 | TradeShark | 4,948 | 30/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2025 02:04 |  AAL2014 | 34,006 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2025 18:43 | Siromynian | 15,135 | 71/100 |
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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 85.8/100, a mean average of 85.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.2.
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Onater 12/24/2016 02:20 | #180877
Hypnotic. My favourite song by Tom Waits.
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