Humdrum (track)
by Peter Gabriel
Year: 1977
From the album Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #5)
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Humdrum appears on the following album(s) by Peter Gabriel:
- Peter Gabriel (1977) (track #5) (this album) (1977)
- Plays Live (track #14) (1983)
- Revisited (track #8) (compilation) (1992)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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85/100  | 09/05/2025 03:40 | BurndenAce | | 79/100 |
75/100 | 05/01/2025 16:29 | Imaybeparanoid | | 69/100 |
80/100 | 04/06/2025 15:31 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
95/100 | 11/21/2024 14:43 |  slatsheit | | 88/100 |
100/100 | 09/11/2024 19:06 |  Squonk007 | | 73/100 |
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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 81.2/100, a mean average of 81.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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Squonk007 03/29/2024 21:20
Lovely song.
neilgee 08/31/2015 16:25
After the pounding of Modern Love and the exquisite strangeness of Excuse Me, Humdrum is where Gabriel's ability to create an atmosphere in music comes to the fore.
I ride tandem with a random
Things don't run the way I planned them
In the humdrum
he sings with that faux ennui, and then the lilting, undercutting chorus before the song begins to build and build like a symphony towards it's climax. This is extraordinary stuff. Love it.
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