Rainbirds (track)
by Tom Waits
Year: 1983
From the album Swordfishtrombones (track #15)
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Rainbirds appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Swordfishtrombones (track #15) (this album) (1983)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 18:21 | Siromynian | 20,406 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 17:49 | bonnequestion | 17,410 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 19:44 |  HoldenM | 10,377 | 90/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.4.
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eclab 07/05/2012 01:08 | #45919
Beautiful instrumental track. (Edited)
