Time (track)
by Tom Waits
Time appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Rain Dogs (track #9) (this album) (1985)
- Big Time (track #18) (1988)
- Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years (track #23) (compilation) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2026 13:11 |  Tamthebam | 45,872 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 18:15 | Foxforce5 | 5,053 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 19:22 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.9/100, a mean average of 87.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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Grzywa 01/07/2016 18:05 | #156069
One of his most heartfelt ballads.
Mother Nature's Son 09/08/2013 20:41 | #85473
Very unique ballad and extremely emotional too.
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