Despair Came Knocking (track)
by Daniel Johnston
Year: 1983
From the album Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album (track #5)
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Despair Came Knocking appears on the following album(s) by Daniel Johnston:
- Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album (track #5) (this album) (1983)
- Continued Story / Hi, How Are You? (track #19) (compilation) (1991)

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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/16/2026 19:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 136,711 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 20:05 | Spartakist | 1,937 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2025 01:46 | stareaterogni0n | 5,345 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2025 05:35 | HotZappsBoogaloo | 8,939 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2023 15:38 | Phmus84 | 16,455 | 100/100 |
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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 81.7/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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