Silver (track)
by Pixies
Year: 1989
From the album Doolittle (track #14)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
65/100  | 17 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | | 67/100 |
100/100 | 10/30/2025 22:38 | kinginsomniac12 | | 100/100 |
75/100 | 08/14/2025 22:40 |  DJFresh-Rock | | 83/100 |
15/100 | 08/05/2025 21:52 | wizardalien | | 72/100 |
95/100 | 07/06/2025 07:09 |  Igtonumama | | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 5% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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Giving this 100/100 just does a massive disservice to the far better tracks on this album and the myriad of great songs that exist throughout the music world.
Get Real
Glaringly the weakest song on the album. Real good stand-alone song, though. A testament to how amazing the rest of the album is.
Nice to have a slow, atmospheric one before Gouge Away, but this is the only time the album drags a little for me.
pjohnsongolf 09/29/2018 03:18
Underrated by too many...
Possibly the most underrated Pixies track ever. Hauntingly gorgeous.
buzzdainer 05/17/2017 20:27
This eerie Kim Deal-led song probably deserves a little more love than it gets on BEA, though it rightly gets overshadowed by the peppier and more memorable tracks on Doolittle. Deal, usually the bassist, adds some creepy work on the slide guitar.
Eerie track!
tgarritsen 05/16/2016 12:56
Those weird voices and that slider makes for a very special song.
flyingcitrus 01/13/2015 23:08
A haunting track, I can see the similarities with Nirvana
Anti 05/17/2014 22:09
How is THIS the worst rated track???
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