Rain King (track)
by Sonic Youth
Year: 1988
From the album Daydream Nation (track #10)
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Rain King appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Daydream Nation (track #10) (this album) (1988)
- Daydream Nation Live In Glasgow, Scotland 2007 (track #10) (2018)
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60/100  | 3 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | | 68/100 |
85/100 | 10/17/2025 07:20 |  NJ | | 87/100 |
75/100 | 09/07/2025 16:25 | spinout | | 83/100 |
80/100 | 08/31/2025 01:16 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
70/100 | 07/21/2025 22:38 | stareaterogni0n | | 74/100 |
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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 81.4/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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Awesome vocal from lee (especially the part that he screams KICK IT) and some dirty guitar works. I don't know why it's rating that lower than others but definitely deserves better rating to me.
Great song, but obviously a step below most the others on this record. Some really awesome vocals by Lee are in here.
I like this track a lot, I don't know if people this like this track a lot. In fact I think it's an underrated track
Jasonconfused 01/22/2013 10:25
Pretty good, but nothing too memorable. The chords are a bit dry.
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