Swordfishtrombone (track)
by Tom Waits

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Swordfishtrombone 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
70/100  !	03/15/2026 17:48	bonnequestion	16,878	75/100
95/100  !	02/06/2026 19:32	HoldenM	9,214	91/100
75/100  !	01/14/2026 18:51	Exist-en-ciel	139,402	71/100
90/100  !	12/31/2025 12:32	Tamthebam	45,203	79/100
70/100  !	11/11/2025 09:50	ShenBapiro	6,173	77/100

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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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From Onater 12/24/2016 02:20 | #180877

Hypnotic. My favourite song by Tom Waits.

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