Out of interest, what’s the average rating of his collaborations with Marr? I don't have the total average rating, but for each of the studio albums...
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The final averages for all songs:
1 - Now My Heart is Full - 4.87
2 - Speedway - 4.86
3 - Everyday is Like Sunday - 4.848
4 - Suedehead - 4.786
5 - Jack the Ripper - 4.72
6 - Once I Saw the River Clean - 4.7
7 - You’re Gonna Need Someone on Your Side - 4.64
8 - Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? - 4.556
9 - Lenny's Tune - 4.545
10 - The Last of the Famous International Playboys - 4.543
11 - Life is a Pigsty - 4.533
12 - Glamorous Glue - 4.526
13 = Tomorrow - 4.5
13 = My Hurling Days Are Done - 4.5
15 - The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get - 4.477
16 - Irish Blood, English Heart - 4.476
17 - Jim Jim Falls - 4.471
18 - Some Say I Got Devil - 4.409
19 - Why Don’t You Find Out for Yourself - 4.37
20 = We’ll Let You Know - 4.36
20 = The National Front Disco - 4.36
22 - What Kind of People Live in These Houses? - 4.35
23 - Dear God Please Help Me - 4.342
24 - Hairdresser on Fire - 4.321
25 - Seasick, Yet Still Docked - 4.32
26 - It's Not Your Birthday Anymore - 4.316
27 - Nobody Loves Us - 4.304
28 = November Spawned a Monster - 4.2954
28 = First of the Gang to Die - 4.2954
30 - Staircase at the University - 4.286
31 - I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday - 4.263
32 - Something is Squeezing My Skull - 4.262
33 - Lost - 4.2614
34 - Hold on to Your Friends - 4.2609
35 - Ganglord - 4.25
36 - Home is a Question Mark - 4.202
37 - Piccadilly Palare - 4.2
38 - Sunny - 4.175
39 - Trouble Loves Me - 4.16
40 - Come Back to Camden - 4.15
41 - Morning Starship - 4.143
42 - Alsatian Cousin - 4.135
43 - I Have Forgiven Jesus - 4.13
44 = I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris - 4.125
44 = Maladjusted - 4.125
46 - Late Night, Maudlin Street - 4.12
47 - Southpaw - 4.11
48 - It's Over - 4.107
49 - Disappointed - 4.1
50 - Knockabout World - 4.078
51 - Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together - 4.065
52 - You Have Killed Me - 4.0625
53 - Art-hounds - 4.048
54 - Boxers - 4.043
55 - Sister I’m a Poet - 4.042
56 - I Know Very Well How I Got My Name - 4
57 - Never Again Will I Be a Twin - 3.979
58 - I’ve Changed My Plea to Guilty - 3.976
59 - The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils - 3.96
60 - Billy Budd - 3.94
61 - My Love Life - 3.92
62 - Interlude - 3.905
63 - Days of Decision - 3.896
64 = The Secret of Music - 3.893
64 = I Wish You Lonely - 3.893
66 - I Thought You Were Dead - 3.891
67 = Will Never Marry - 3.875
67 = I'm OK By Myself - 3.875
67 = I Am Not a Dog on a Chain - 3.875
67 = Kiss Me a Lot - 3.875
67 = Istanbul - 3.875
72 - The Edges Are No Longer Parallel - 3.842
73 = Israel - 3.833
73 = Alma Matters - 3.833
75 - Shame is the Name - 3.824
76 - Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning - 3.818
77 = Christian Dior - 3.808
77 = My Dearest Love - 3.808
77 = Lady Willpower - 3.808
80 - Drag the River - 3.794
81 - Suffer the Little Children - 3.792
82 - Scandinavia - 3.786
83 - My Love, I'd Do Anything for You - 3.775
84 - Wedding Bell Blues - 3.769
85 - Spent the Day in Bed - 3.762
86 = Smiler With Knife - 3.75
86 = When Last I Spoke to Carol - 3.75
86 = Love is On Its Way Out - 3.75
89 - Driving Your Girlfriend Home - 3.74
90 - The Boy Racer - 3.7381
91 - Darling, I Hug a Pillow - 3.735
92 - The Youngest Was the Most Loved - 3.7321
93 - All You Need is Me - 3.726
94 - I'm Not Sorry - 3.72
95 - A Swallow on My Neck - 3.7125
96 - No One Can Hold a Candle to You - 3.708
97 = (I’m) The End of the Family Line - 3.7
97 = Spring-Heeled Jim - 3.7
99 - You Say You Don't Love Me - 3.696
100 - Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed - 3.694
101 - The Never-Played Symphonies - 3.6875
102 - I Am Hated for Loving - 3.68
103 - In the Future When All's Well - 3.679
104 - I Will See You in Far Off Places - 3.676
105 - Sing Your Life - 3.67
106 = I’d Love To - 3.667
106 = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful - 3.667
108 - Friday Mourning - 3.647
109 - At Last I Am Born - 3.646
110 - You Know I Couldn't Last - 3.63
111 - It Happens Every Time - 3.6
112 - Drive-In Saturday - 3.59
113 - Used to Be a Sweet Boy - 3.5875
114 - The Loop - 3.5869
115 - Ouija Board, Ouija Board - 3.58
116 - Oboe Concerto - 3.575
117 - You Were Good in Your Time - 3.574
118 - Break Up the Family - 3.573
119 - Pregnant for the Last Time - 3.568
120 - Back on the Chain Gang - 3.567
121 = I Bury the Living - 3.566
121 = One of Our Own - 3.566
123 - Do Your Best and Don't Worry - 3.56
124 - Mute Witness - 3.555
125 - Let Me Kiss You - 3.553
126 - Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage - 3.545
127 - Yes, I am Blind - 3.543
128 = Julie in the Weeds - 3.542
128 = Don't Interrupt the Sorrow - 3.542
130 = Reader Meet Author - 3.5326
130 = You’re the One for Me, Fatty - 3.5326
132 - In Your Lap - 3.528
133 - Interesting Drug - 3.519
134 - Brow of My Beloved - 3.516
135 - Satan Rejected My Soul - 3.51
136 = He Knows I’d Love to See Him - 3.5
136 = Only a Pawn in Their Game - 3.5
138 - Forgive Someone - 3.484
139 - The Truth About Ruth - 3.483
140 - Little Man, What Now? - 3.48
141 - Lucky Lisp - 3.476
142 = There is a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends - 3.4722
142 = The World is Full of Crashing Bores - 3.4722
144 - I Can Have Both - 3.4625
145 = I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now - 3.4615
145 = Lover-to-Be - 3.4615
147 - Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice - 3.458
148 - One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell - 3.456
149 - Kick the Bride Down the Aisle - 3.447
150 - If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me - 3.446
151 - The Father Who Must Be Killed - 3.442
152 - A Song From Under the Floorboards - 3.4375
153 - Rose Garden - 3.433
154 - Skin Storm - 3.42
155 - Lifeguard on Duty - 3.418
156 - Munich Air Disaster 1958 - 3.406
157 = I'm Not a Man - 3.4
157 = I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me - 3.4
159 - The Lazy Sunbathers - 3.381
160 - When You Close Your Eyes - 3.364
161 - World Peace is None of Your Business - 3.357
162 - Teenage Dad on His Estate - 3.355
163 - Black Cloud - 3.329
164 - To Me You Are a Work of Art - 3.327
165 - Roy's Keen - 3.325
166 - Let the Right One Slip In - 3.321
167 - America is Not the World - 3.318
168 = Mountjoy - 3.3095
168 = Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference - 3.3095
170 - Honey You Know Where to Find Me - 3.3088
171 - Action is My Middle Name - 3.306
172 - It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small (Whyte) - 3.294
173 - Whatever Happens, I Love You - 3.29
174 - I Knew I Was Next - 3.286
175 - You Should Have Been Nice to Me - 3.2778
176 - Certain People I Know - 3.2775
177 - Ammunition - 3.275
178 - The Operation - 3.26
179 = Because of My Poor Education - 3.25
179 = I'm Playing Easy to Get - 3.25
179 = Good Looking Man About Town - 3.25
179 = You'll Be Gone - 3.25
179 = By the Time I Get to Wherever I'm Going - 3.25
184 - That's How People Grow Up - 3.237
185 - I Like You - 3.22
186 - Redondo Beach - 3.217
187 - That’s Entertainment - 3.2125
188 - Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets - 3.212
189 - Human Being - 3.2
190 - My Life is a Succession of People Saying Goodbye - 3.17
191 - The Ordinary Boys - 3.167
192 = To Give (The Reason I Live) - 3.161
192 = Our Frank - 3.161
194 - On the Streets I Ran - 3.154
195 - Happy Lovers at Last United - 3.15
196 - Michaels Bones - 3.146
197 - Best Friend on the Payroll - 3.13
198 - Earth is the Loneliest Planet - 3.125
199 - Cosmic Dancer - 3.12
200 = The Public Image - 3.115
200 = I Just Want to See the Boy Happy - 3.115
200 = Blue Dreamers Eyes - 3.115
203 - He Cried - 3.112
204 = Mexico - 3.107
204 = Judy Is a Punk - 3.107
206 - Wide to Receive - 3.1
207 - Kit - 3.097
208 - Have-a-Go Merchant - 3.095
209 - I Am Two People - 3.094
210 = Dial-a-Cliché - 3.0625
210 = People Are the Same Everywhere - 3.0625
212 - The Girl from Tel-Aviv Who Wouldn't Kneel - 3.053
213 - Now I Am a Was - 3.03
214 - Tony the Pony - 3.025
215 - King Leer - 3.02
216 - Heir Apparent - 3.0133
217 - Striptease With a Difference - 3.0132
218 - At Amber - 3
219 - Bengali in Platforms - 2.98
220 - This Song Doesn't End When It's Over - 2.96
221 - Margaret on the Guillotine - 2.958
222 - When You Open Your Legs - 2.934
223 - Dagenham Dave - 2.932
224 - Sorry Doesn't Help - 2.931
225 - It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small (Cobrin) - 2.926
226 - All the Lazy Dykes - 2.912
227 - Children in Pieces - 2.911
228 - Pashernate Love - 2.908
229 - Neal Cassidy Drops Dead - 2.9
230 - All the Young People Must Fall in Love - 2.889
231 - Who Will Protect Us from the Police? - 2.882
232 - Girl Least Likely To - 2.88
233 - Black-Eyed Susan - 2.875
234 - How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? - 2.868
235 - You’ve Had Her - 2.86
236 - This is Not Your Country - 2.84
237 = The Bullfighter Dies - 2.833
237 = Ambitious Outsiders - 2.833
237 = Sweetie-Pie - 2.833
240 - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? - 2.827
241 - Satellite of Love - 2.817
242 - Moonriver - 2.76
243 - I Didn't Know What to Do - 2.75
244 - You Must Please Remember - 2.74
245 - East West - 2.73
246 - Fantastic Bird - 2.708
247 - There Speaks a True Friend - 2.625
248 - The Kid's a Looker - 2.588
249 - Papa Jack - 2.55
250 - Please Help the Cause Against Loneliness - 2.548
251 - Oh Well, I’ll Never Learn - 2.53
252 - The Slum Mums - 2.52
253 - Journalists Who Lie - 2.5
254 - Asian Rut - 2.45
255 - Trash - 2.33
256 - Found, Found, Found - 2.31
257 - Noise is the Best Revenge - 2.23
258 - Safe Warm, Lancashire Home - 2.12
259 - Oh Phoney - 2.1
260 - Born to Hang - 2
261 - Sorrow Will Come in the End - 1.99
262 - The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye - 1.97
263 - Get Off the Stage - 1.95
264 - Treat Me Like a Human Being - 1.71