Promise (track)
by Violent Femmes
Year: 1983
From the album Violent Femmes (track #7)
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Promise appears on the following album(s) by Violent Femmes:
- Violent Femmes (track #7) (this album) (1983)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 12:35 | phmusic | 73,577 | 100/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 11:14 |  VictorVale | 44,373 | 89/100 |
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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 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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revolver94 12/24/2012 00:27 | #58763
Defined my first month at college. Absolutely hopeless, often pathetic, romantic pursuits. OK, they weren't all hopeless, but by the time I'd had my way they were.
LOVE this song
