Why Must I Plead (track)
by Richard Thompson
Year: 1991
From the album Rumor And Sigh (track #6)
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Why Must I Plead appears on the following album(s) by Richard Thompson:
- Rumor And Sigh (track #6) (this album) (1991)
- Celtschmerz: Live UK '98 (track #3) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/21/2026 05:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 139,402 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2025 19:16 | 39,053 | 76/100 | |
| ! | 10/13/2024 22:40 | slimharpo | 8,403 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2022 05:13 | Fevernova | 34,547 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2022 07:14 | Taosjohn | 4,231 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 19% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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