Watching The Detectives (track)
by Elvis Costello
Year: 1999
From the album The Very Best Of Elvis Costello (track #3)
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Watching The Detectives appears on the following album(s) by Elvis Costello:
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello (track #3) (this album) (compilation) (1999)
- Live At El Mocambo (track #11) (1978)
- Girls Girls Girls (track #1) (compilation) (1989)
- The Best Of Elvis Costello - The First 10 Years (track #3) (compilation) (2007)
- 10 Bloody Marys & 10 How's Your Fathers? (track #8) (compilation) (1980)
- The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook (track #7) (2011)
- The Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions (track #2) (compilation) (1985)
- The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977–86 (track #2) (compilation) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/17/2023 09:10 | MaxStorm98 | 51,527 | 99/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2022 19:16 | LosWochos | 315,577 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2020 20:58 | tbaruken | 2,088 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2019 06:55 | Johnnyo | 44,887 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2018 11:37 |  Goliath | 11,097 | 80/100 |
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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 83.5/100, a mean average of 90.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.1.
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