Rainbirds (track)
by Tom Waits

Album
Rainbirds by Tom Waits
Year: 1983
From the album Swordfishtrombones (track #15)
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 115 votes)
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 115 votes)
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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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From 07/05/2012 01:08 | #45919
Beautiful instrumental track. (Edited)
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