The Carny (track)
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Year: 1986
From the album Your Funeral... My Trial (track #2)
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The Carny appears on the following album(s) by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds:
- Your Funeral... My Trial (track #2) (this album) (1986)
- The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (track #9) (compilation) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 11/27/2025 15:33 |  VictorVale | 43,219 | 88/100 | |
| 11/18/2025 20:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 81,140 | 71/100 | |
| 10/30/2025 10:08 |  LedZep | 5,095 | 88/100 | |
| 08/03/2025 16:09 | Johnnyo | 43,179 | 80/100 | |
| 12/04/2024 21:03 | luukvdschepop | 2,270 | 78/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.0/100, a mean average of 83.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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