No Good Trying (track)
by Syd Barrett
Year: 1970
From the album The Madcap Laughs (track #2)
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No Good Trying appears on the following album(s) by Syd Barrett:
- The Madcap Laughs (track #2) (this album) (1970)
- The Best Of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? (track #9) (compilation) (2001)
- The Madcap Laughs / Barrett (track #2) (compilation) (1974)
- Crazy Diamond (track #2) (compilation) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 19:48 |  dihansse | 68,638 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2026 04:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,785 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 04:37 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
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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 81.5/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.3.
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