Busy Bodies (track)
by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Year: 1979
From the album Armed Forces (track #8)
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Busy Bodies appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello And The Attractions:
- Armed Forces (track #8) (this album) (1979)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/23/2026 18:43 | bonnequestion | 16,447 | 75/100 | |
| 01/19/2026 19:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 87,530 | 71/100 | |
| 11/12/2025 15:38 | Andras | 224 | 86/100 | |
| 07/06/2025 16:52 |  Igtonumama | 31,385 | 81/100 | |
| 06/18/2025 07:53 | martintho | 68,396 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 82.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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